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# שָׁעַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8173

**be smeared over** — used 4 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

be smeared over [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8173/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁעַע: vb. be smeared over, blinded [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8173/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be smeared over, blinded (Aramaic שְׁעַע smear (akin to שׁוּעַ id.), ܐܰܫܰܥ to smooth, שָׁעִיעַ smooth (of words), flattering, ܫܰܥܺܝܥ smooth (cf. also ܫܘܥ, ܫܳܥ smear over, close up));— Imv. + Imv. mpl. הִשְׁתַּעַשְׁעוּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ Is 29:9 blind yourselves and be blind! (‖ הִתְמַהְמְהוּ וּתִמָ֔הוּ); \> Buhl הִשְׁתָּעוּ וּשְׁעוּ, √ שׁעה look about (2 S 22:42); Is 32:3 read prob. 3 fpl. תְּשֹׁעֶינָה, of eyes, be blinded (v. שׁעה). Imv. ms. וְעֵינָיו הָשַׁ֑ע Is 6:10 and its eyes besmear!—So perhaps הָשַׁע ψ 39:14 (עֵינֶיךָ om.) was intended by Mas. (but wrongly, v. Ol al.); see שָׁעָה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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: be blind (1); blind yourselves (1); seal over (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 39:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.14/#tree)

הָשַׁ֣ע מִמֶּ֣נִּי וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה בְּטֶ֖רֶם אֵלֵ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

*Word for word:* smear from me so that.I.may.be.cheerful before I.will.go and I.\[will\] not.\[be\]

*JPS 1917:* Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'

[Isaiah 29:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.9/#tree)

הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ הִשְׁתַּֽעַשְׁע֖וּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ שָֽׁכְר֣וּ וְלֹא־יַ֔יִן נָע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שֵׁכָֽר׃

*Word for word:* delay and be.astonished blind.yourselves and be.blind people.have.become.drunk and not wine people.have.staggered and not strong.drink

*JPS 1917:* Stupefy yourselves, and be stupid! Blind yourselves, and be blind! ye that are drunken, but not with wine, that stagger, but not with strong drink.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8173.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8173/): 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).