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title: שׂוֹכֹה — Shocho · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׂוֹכֹה (lemma:שׂוֹכֹה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Shocho. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׂוֹכֹה

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«שׂוֹכֹה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shocho** — 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:שׂוֹכֹה · **BDB:** שׂוֹכֹה

### Glosses

Socoh (2); of.Socoh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shocho [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d5_5b9_5db_5b9_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d5_5b9_5db_5b9_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Judah: in Shephelah, שׂוֹכֹה Jos 15:35; 1 S 17:1(×2) (from 𝔊 Σοκχωθ HPS (after We, cf. Dr) conj. שׂכות), שׂוֹכוֹ 2 Ch 11:7; 28:18, perhaps also שֹׂכֹה 1 K 4:10 (Buhl Benz SS \[‘perhaps’\]; Th Kit sub 2); mod. Eš-Šuwēke, SSE. from Beth Shemesh, in Wady-es-Sanṭ RobBR i.494 BuhlGeogr.194; Σωχω, Σοκχωθ, etc. in hill-country, Jos 15:48 (Kt שׂוכה, Qr שׂוכוֹ), prob. also שׂוֹכוֹ 1 Ch 4:18 (‘son’ of חֶבֶר); mod. Šuwêke, 4 h. S. of חֶבְרוֹן RobBR ii. 16. 21 BuhlGeogr. 164; Σωχω(ν).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׂוֹכֹה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d5_5b9_5db_5b9_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.11.7/)

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וְאֶת־בֵּֽית־צ֥וּרבֵּֽית־צ֥וּר וְאֶת־שׂוֹכ֖וֹ וְאֶת־עֲדֻלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Beth Zur and (et) Socoh and (et) Adullam

*JPS 1917:* and Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,

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[1 Chronicles 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.18/)

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וְאִשְׁתּ֣וֹ הַיְהֻדִיָּ֗ה יָלְדָ֞ה אֶת־יֶ֨רֶד אֲבִ֤י גְדוֹר֙ וְאֶת־חֶ֙בֶר֙ אֲבִ֣י שׂוֹכ֔וֹ וְאֶת־יְקֽוּתִיאֵ֖ל אֲבִ֣י זָנ֑וֹחַ וְאֵ֗לֶּה בְּנֵי֙ בִּתְיָ֣ה בַת־פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָקַ֖ח מָֽרֶד׃ס

*Word for word:* and wife his (the) Judean she.bore (et) Jared the.father of.Gedor and (et) Heber the.father of.Socoh and (et) Jekuthiel the.father of.Zanoah and these \[were\].the.sons of.Bithiah the.daughter of.Pharaoh whom he.had.taken Mered

*JPS 1917:* and his wife Hajehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah — and these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took.

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