שֻׁלְחָן
shulchân · H7979 · Hebrew · 71 occurrences
A word for 5 things
Meanings
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table
Literally: something that has been spread out; hence: a flat surface on which food has been spread out for eating usually made of wood but can be a piece of animal skin or leather, used in private and public occasions, and frequently for sacred uses in the tabernacle and temple
ExamplesExodus 25:23 “You shall also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long and one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.
Exodus 25:30 “And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me continually.
Exodus 26:35 “And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
25 occurrences in 12 groups
- יmy 7
- ךָyour 4
- מֶלֶךְking 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
14 occurrences in 8 groups
- שְׁנַיִםtwo 4
- אַרְבַּעfour 3
- טָהוֹרclean, pure 2
- אֶחָדone 1
- עֶשֶׂרten 1
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כְּלִיvessel, utensil, weapon 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- מָלֵאto be full, to fill 1
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
- עָרַךְto set in order, to arrange, to draw up 1
What is done to itIt is the object
17 occurrences in 7 groups
- עָרַךְto set in order, to arrange, to draw up 5
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 3
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 3
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 2
- אָמַרto say 1
What it is said to bePredicate
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- פֹּהhere, on this side 4
- כָּתֵףshoulder, side 2
- אֶבֶןstone 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
4 occurrences in 6 groups
- בָּשָׂרflesh 1
- זֶהthis 1
- יְהוּדִיJudean 1
- מִשְׁמֶרֶתcharge, duty, guard 1
- סָגָןprefect 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
25 occurrences in 5 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 20
- אֵלto, toward 8
- לto/for 5
- נֹכַחin front of 3
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 3
- מַאֲכָלfood 2
- נַחַתquietness, rest 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- τράπεζα trápeza · G5132 · table, a meal
- Greek τράπεζα is the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew שֻׁלְחָן, both denoting a table as physical furniture (typically for food/meals), with the Greek term extending to specialized uses like money-changer tables that reflect Hellenistic commercial contexts absent from the Hebrew semantic range.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Furnishings001003001001008
- The noun for a table, used repeatedly of the table of acacia wood built for the tabernacle, carried by poles and set with the bread of the Presence before the LORD continually (Exodus 25:23, 25:27, 25:28, 25:30, 26:35).
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7979. shulchan שֻׁלְחָן71 noun masculineExo 25:23 table (on form of word compare…
שֻׁלְחָן71 noun masculineExo 25:23 table (on form of word compare GFMl.c.; properly (see above) skin or leather mat spread on ground, see also, on early Semitic 'table,' Thes1417 WeSkizzen iv. 157 RSSemitic i. 184; 2nd ed. 201 KennedyEncy. Bib iii. 2991); — absolute ׳שׁ 1Sa 20:34 +; construct שֻׁלְחַן 1Ki 5:7 +; suffix שֻׁלְחָנִי Jdg 1:7 +, etc.; plural שֻׁלְחָנוֺת Isa 28:8 +, construct שֻׁלְחֲנוֺת 1Ch 28:16 (twice in verse); —
1 table for king's repast Jdg 1:7 (with תַּחַת), 1Sa 20:29, 1Sa 20:34; 2Sa 9:11 (read ᵐ5 ׳שׁ דָּוִד Th We Dr and modern), 2Sa 9:13; 2Sa 19:29; 1Ki 2:7; 1Ki 5:1; 1Ki 18:19; 1Ki 10:5 2Ch 9:4, compare Isa 21:5 (with עָרַךְ (q. v.
1c) arrange); with עַל 2Sa 9:7, 2Sa 9:10, 2Sa 9:11; Dan 11:27; for governor Neh 5:17 (with עַל).
2 for private use 1Ki 13:20 (with אֶל), Job 36:16; Psa 23:5 (figurative, with עָרַךְ), compare Psa 78:19 (id.), Psa 128:3, also (in bedroom) 2Ki 4:10; of revellers Isa 28:8, compare Psa 69:23 (figurative), of wisdom (figurative) Pro 9:2.
3 especially Ezekiel, P for sacred uses: in tabernacle Exo 25:23 Exo 25:17t. 25-40, Num 3:31, הַמָּנִים שֻׁלְחַן Num 4:7 (compare 2Ch 29:18 below); ׳הַשּׁ הַטָּהֹר Leviticus 24:26 (compare 2Ch 13:11 below); in Solomon's temple 1Ki 7:48; 2Ch 29:18, also (10 in number) 2Ch 4:8, 2Ch 4:19; 2Ch 13:11, compare 1Ch 28:16 (4 t. in verse), also Eze 23:41 (with עָרַךְ); in Ezekiel's temple Eze 40:39 (twice in verse) + 6 t. Ezekiel 40 (8 in number), Eze 40:42 (of stone, 4 in number); like altar Eze 41:22, = altar of burnt-offering Eze 44:16; in second temple, י ׳שֻׁלְחַן Mal 1:7, ׳שׁ אֲדֹנָֻ Mal 1:12; for idolatrous meal Isa 65:11; figurative of ׳י's sacrificial feast Eze 39:20 (eschatological).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
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