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title: שָׁעַע — sport · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁעַע (lemma:שָׁעַע), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: sport. BDB 1906: vb. Pilp. sport, take delight in, delight. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁעַע

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«שָׁעַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sport** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׁעַע · **BDB:** שָׁעַע²

### Glosses

I.will.delight.myself (2); I.delight (1); he.will.play (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sport [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e2_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pilp. sport, take delight in, delight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e2_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pilp., etc., sport, take delight in, delight (usually made = I. שׁ׳ smooth over, please; Buhl cp. Aramaic ܫܥܳܐ, Ithpe. sport, trifle, Vulg.Ar. مشعشع (loan-word?) VollersZMG xiv (1891), 86, 1. 3);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְשִׁעֲשַׁע Is 11:8 the suckling shall sport on (עַל) the cobra’s hole; 1 s. שִׁעֲשָׁ֑עְתִּי ψ 119:70 I take delight in thy law (acc.; but? read שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֑י, v 77); Impf. transit. 3 mpl. יְשַׁעַשְׁעוּ ψ 94:19 thy consolations delight my soul (acc.). Impf. 2 mpl. תְּשָֽׁעֳשָׁ֑עוּ Is 66:12 upon (עַל) the knees shall ye be fondled. Impf. 1 s. אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע ψ 119:16 in (ב) thy statutes will I delight myself, cf. v 47.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁעַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e2_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.47/)

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וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁ֥ע בְּמִצְוֺתֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהָֽבְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.delight.myself in commandments your which I.love

*JPS 1917:* And I will delight myself in Thy commandments, which I have loved.

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[Psalms 119:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.16/)

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בְּחֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָ אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע לֹ֭א אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח דְּבָרֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* in statutes your I.will.delight.myself not I.will.forget word your

*JPS 1917:* I will delight myself in Thy statutes; I will not forget Thy word.

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