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title: שָׁבַח — soothe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁבַח (lemma:שָׁבַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: soothe. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. soothe, still Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁבַח

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«שָׁבַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **soothe** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׁבַח · **BDB:** שָׁבַח

### Glosses

\[who\].calms (1); he (1); you (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

soothe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d1_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. soothe, still Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d1_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pi. soothe, still (Arabic سَبَخَ be free from care, etc., JenZA i (1886), 188; iv (1889), 268, cp. Assyrian pašâḫu, grow calm, so BaES 9 SchulthLex.);— Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְשַׁבְּחֶ֑נָּה Pr 29:11 he stilleth it, i.e. רוּחוֹ his temper (Bi Toy read חָשַׁךְ אַפּוֹ); 2 ms. sf. תְּשַׁבְּחֵם ψ 89:10 thou stillest them, i.e. waves (‖ גֵּאוּת הַיָּם). Pt. prob. Mass error for Pi. מְשַׁבֵּחַ) מַשְׁבִּיחַ שְׁאוֹן יַמּים ψ 65:8 stilling the roar of the seas.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁבַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d1_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 65:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.8/)

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מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ ׀ שְׁא֣וֹן יַ֭מִּים שְׁא֥וֹן גַּלֵּיהֶ֗ם וַהֲמ֥וֹן לְאֻמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[who\].calms \[the\].uproar of.\[the\].seas the.uproar their.waves their and.\[the\] tumult of.\[the\].peoples

*JPS 1917:* Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;

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[Proverbs 29:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.11/)

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כָּל־ר֭וּחוֹ יוֹצִ֣יא כְסִ֑יל וְ֝חָכָ֗ם בְּאָח֥וֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* all spirit his he.sends.forth a.fool and a.wise.\[person\] in backwards he calms.it

*JPS 1917:* A fool spendeth all his spirit; but a wise man stilleth it within him.

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