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# שֶׁל

Biblical Hebrew

**who** — 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

who [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

**The whole BDB entry:** Ct 1:6; 3:7 al.; בְּשֶׁל Ec 8:17: v. שֶׁ·4 d.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: me (1); us (1).

## In the verses

[2 Kings 6:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.11/#tree)

וַיִּסָּעֵר֙ לֵ֣ב מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֔ם עַל־הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶל־עֲבָדָיו֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם הֲלוֹא֙ תַּגִּ֣ידוּ לִ֔י מִ֥י מִשֶּׁלָּ֖נוּ אֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.disturbed the.heart of.the.king of.Aram on the matter (the) this and he.called to servants his and he.said to them ? not will.you.tell to me who? from.\[those\] who.\[belong\] to us \[is\].to the.king of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And the heart of the king of Aram was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them: 'Will ye not tell me which of us is for the king of Israel?'

[Jonah 1:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.1.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.1.12/#tree)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם שָׂא֙וּנִי֙ וַהֲטִילֻ֣נִי אֶל־הַיָּ֔ם וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק הַיָּ֖ם מֵֽעֲלֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֚י יוֹדֵ֣עַ אָ֔נִי כִּ֣י בְשֶׁלִּ֔י הַסַּ֧עַר הַגָּד֛וֹל הַזֶּ֖ה עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to them pick me.up and hurl me into the sea and it.will.be.quiet the sea from on you (dm) \[am\].knowing I (dm).that by which of me the storm (the) great (the) this \[is\].on you

*JPS 1917:* And he said unto them: 'Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you; for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc/): 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).