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# שֵׂיבָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7872

**hoary head** — used 19 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

hoary head [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7872/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֵׂיבָה: n.f. hoary head, old age [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7872/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hoary head, old age;—abs. שׂ׳ Ho 7:9 +; cstr. שֵׂיבַת Gn 44:31; sf. שֵׂיבָתִי 42:38; 44:29, etc.;— grey hair, hoary head Ho 7:9 (fig.), Gn 42:38; 44:29, 31 (all J), 1 K 2:6, 9; Pr 16:31; 20:29; אִישׁ שׂ׳ Dt 32:25 (opp. יוֹנֵק); ‖ זָקֵן Lv 19:32 (H), ‖ זִקְנָה Is 46:4, + id., ψ 71:18 (in these transition to foll.); fig. of sea Jb 41:24. old age, שׂ׳ טוֹבָה Gn 15:15 (JE), 25:8 (P), Ju 8:32; 1 Ch 29:28; שׂ׳ also ψ 92:15 (trees, in fig. of righteous), Ru 4:15, + 2 S 19:34 (𝔊 Ew Th Bu Kit, cf. We Dr HPS, אֶת־שֵׂיבָֽתְךָ, for אֹתְךָ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: old age (5); gray hair (4); hair (4).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 16:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.31/#tree)

עֲטֶ֣רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת שֵׂיבָ֑ה בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה תִּמָּצֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.crown of.splendor gray.hair in.\[the\] way of.righteousness it.is.found

*JPS 1917:* The hoary head is a crown of glory, it is found in the way of righteousness.

[Job 41:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.24/#tree)

אַ֭חֲרָיו יָאִ֣יר נָתִ֑יב יַחְשֹׁ֖ב תְּה֣וֹם לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* behind it it.makes.shine a.path anyone.considers the.deep to grey.hair

*JPS 1917:* He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7872.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7872/): 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).