שַׁחַק
Used: 21 times · Key: 7834 · BDB: שַׁ֫חַק
Glosses
[the].clouds (8); clouds (8); cloud[s] (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
dust tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. dust, cloud tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Pr 3:20 dust, cloud (as fine, thin);—שׁ׳ abs. ψ 89:7, 38, cstr. Is 40:15; pl. שְׁחָקִים Dt 33:26 +;— fine dust, שׁ׳ מֹאזְנַיִם Is 40:15 (sim. of insignif.). (thin) cloud, usually pl. (often ‖ שָׁמַיִם), Dt 33:26 (poem), Is 45:8; Je 51:9; Jb 35:5; 36:28; 37:21; 38:37 ψ 36:6; 57:11; 68:35; 77:18; 78:23; 108:5; opp. תְּהוֹם Pr 3:20; 8:28; עָבֵי שׁ׳ 2 S 22:12 = ψ 18:12; = heavens, sky Jb 37:18 (c. הִרְקִיעַ), and (sg.) ψ 89:7, 38.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שַׁחַק» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ עֲלֵ֤י ׀ אָדָ֬ם רָֽב׃
Word for word: which they.flow [the].clouds they.drip on humankind numerous
JPS 1917: Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.
תַּרְקִ֣יעַ עִ֭מּוֹ לִשְׁחָקִ֑ים חֲ֝זָקִ֗ים כִּרְאִ֥י מוּצָֽק׃
Word for word: will.you.beat.out? with him (to) clouds hard like a.mirror molten
JPS 1917: Canst thou with Him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?
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