שִׁדָּה
shiddâh · H7705 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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many concubines
Exact meaning unknown; possibly: literally: breast and breasts; hence: a significant number of female companions, primarily for the purpose of sex
ExamplesEcclesiastes 2:8 I also amassed for myself silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers, and the pleasures of the sons of mankind: many concubines.
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many coffers, many chests
Exact meaning unknown; possibly: literally: coffer and coffers; hence: a significant number of containers for storing wealth
ExamplesEcclesiastes 2:8 I also amassed for myself silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers, and the pleasures of the sons of mankind: many concubines.
How it’s used In 1 role
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the word studied the word it goes with
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2 occurrences in 1 groups
- תַּעֲנוּגcomfort 2
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- People001001003
- In Ecclesiastes 2:8, the repeated form of this word is rendered "many concubines" among the pleasures the Preacher amassed for himself, naming a class of persons in his household.
- Containers001003001001003
- The same rare, doubled form in Ecclesiastes 2:8 has also long been proposed to mean "chests" or "coffers" of treasure rather than concubines — a genuinely disputed rendering of this obscure word, reflected here as its alternate, container sense.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7705. shiddah שִׁדָּה noun feminine meaning unknown; — only singular and plural…
שִׁדָּה noun feminine meaning unknown; — only singular and plural וְשִׁדּוֺת שִׁדָּה Ecc 2:8, apparently appositive of תַּעֲנגֻוֺת (ᵐ5 οἰνοχόον καὶ οἰνοχόας, i.e. וְשֹׁדוֺת שֹׁדֶה, from Aramaic שְׁדָא pour out [but not spec. of wine]; Aq κυλίκιον καὶ κυλίκια (compare ᵑ9), probably from same √; DlProl. 97 Köii. 1. 161 Wild Siegf compare Assyrian šadâdu, love (Siegf 'Haremsperlen'), but this word lacks evidence; possibly וְשָׁרוֺת שָׂרָה, see I. שָׂרָה
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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