שָׁבַח

«שָׁבַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: soothe — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: lemma:שָׁבַח · BDB: שָׁבַח

Glosses

[who].calms (1); he (1); you (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

soothe tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. soothe, still Pi. tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. Pi. soothe, still (Arabic سَبَخَ be free from care, etc., JenZA i (1886), 188; iv (1889), 268, cp. Assyrian pašâḫu, grow calm, so BaES 9 SchulthLex.);— Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְשַׁבְּחֶ֑נָּה Pr 29:11 he stilleth it, i.e. רוּחוֹ his temper (Bi Toy read חָשַׁךְ אַפּוֹ); 2 ms. sf. תְּשַׁבְּחֵם ψ 89:10 thou stillest them, i.e. waves (‖ גֵּאוּת הַיָּם). Pt. prob. Mass error for Pi. מְשַׁבֵּחַ) מַשְׁבִּיחַ שְׁאוֹן יַמּים ψ 65:8 stilling the roar of the seas.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «שָׁבַח» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 65:8

מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ ׀ שְׁא֣וֹן יַ֭מִּים שְׁא֥וֹן גַּלֵּיהֶ֗ם וַהֲמ֥וֹן לְאֻמִּֽים׃

Word for word: [who].calms [the].uproar of.[the].seas the.uproar their.waves their and.[the] tumult of.[the].peoples

JPS 1917: Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;

Proverbs 29:11

כָּל־ר֭וּחוֹ יוֹצִ֣יא כְסִ֑יל וְ֝חָכָ֗ם בְּאָח֥וֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה׃

Word for word: all spirit his he.sends.forth a.fool and a.wise.[person] in backwards he calms.it

JPS 1917: A fool spendeth all his spirit; but a wise man stilleth it within him.

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