שֵׂיבָה
Used: 19 times · Key: 7872 · BDB: שֵׂיבָה
Glosses
old.age (5); gray.hair (4); hair (4)
Meaning (OSHB)
hoary head tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. hoary head, old age tree →
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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שֵׂיבָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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.
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