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# שָׁחַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7809

**give a present** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

give a present [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7809/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁחַד: vb. give present, bribe [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7809/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. give a present, bribe (Ecclus 35:14; Aramaic שְׁחַד, ܫܚܰܕ bribe; perhaps also Assyrian šidê, gifts, DlWB 643);— Impf. 2 fs., acc. pers. וַתִּשְׁחֳדִי אוֹתָם Ez 16:33 thou didst bribe them to come (לָבוֹא; ‖ נָתַן נְדָנִים); read prob. also Inf. cstr. sf. שַׁחֲדָהּ Is 47:11 to buy it off (for MT שַׁחְרָה, so Kr Gr Buhl CheHpt. Heb. 142, cf. Marti; v. Pr 6:35); Imv. mpl. שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִי (Ges§ 64 a) Jb 6:22 give a bribe for me.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: give a reward (1); you have bribed (1).

## In the verses

[Job 6:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.22/#tree)

הֲ‍ֽכִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי הָ֣בוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מִכֹּחֲכֶ֗ם שִׁחֲד֥וּ בַעֲדִֽי׃

*Word for word:* ? (dm) have.I.said give to me and from wealth your give.a.reward for me

*JPS 1917:* Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?

[Ezekiel 16:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.33/#tree)

לְכָל־זֹנ֖וֹת יִתְּנוּ־נֵ֑דֶה וְאַ֨תְּ נָתַ֤תְּ אֶת־נְדָנַ֙יִךְ֙ לְכָל־מְאַֽהֲבַ֔יִךְ וַתִּשְׁחֳדִ֣י אוֹתָ֗ם לָב֥וֹא אֵלַ֛יִךְ מִסָּבִ֖יב בְּתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* to all prostitutes men.give a.gift and you you.have.given (et) gifts your to all lovers your and you.have.bribed them to come to you from round.about by prostitution(s) your

*JPS 1917:* to all harlots gifts are given; but thou hast given thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hast bribed them to come unto thee from every side in thy harlotries.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7809.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7809/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).