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title: שׂוֹכָה — branch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׂוֹכָה (lemma:שׂוֹכָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: branch. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׂוֹכָה

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«שׂוֹכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **branch** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:שׂוֹכָה · **BDB:** שׂוֹכָה

### Glosses

a.branch (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

branch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d5_5b9_5db_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d5_5b9_5db_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.,—cstr. שׂוֹכַת עֵצִים Ju 9:48 + perhaps abs. שׂוֹכָה v 49 (so 𝔊 Doorn for MT שׂוֹכֹה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׂוֹכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d5_5b9_5db_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 9:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.48/)

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וַיַּ֨עַל אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ הַר־צַלְמ֗וֹן הוּא֮ וְכָל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ֒ וַיִּקַּח֩ אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ אֶת־הַקַּרְדֻּמּ֜וֹת בְּיָד֗וֹ וַיִּכְרֹת֙ שׂוֹכַ֣ת עֵצִ֔ים וַיִּ֨שָּׂאֶ֔הָ וַיָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־שִׁכְמ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֜אמֶר אֶל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּ֗וֹ מָ֤ה רְאִיתֶם֙ עָשִׂ֔יתִי מַהֲר֖וּ עֲשׂ֥וּ כָמֽוֹנִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.up Abimelech the.mountain of.Zalmon he and all the people which \[was\].with him and he.took Abimelech (et) the axes in hand his and he.cut.off a.branch of.wood(s) and he lifted.it.up and he.put.\[it\] on shoulder his and he.said to the people which \[was\].with him whatever you.have.seen I.have.done hurry do like me

*JPS 1917:* And Abimelech got him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder; and he said unto the people that were with him: 'What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.'

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