שְׁבַשׁ

Biblical Aramaic

be perplexed — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be perplexed tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁבַשׁ: vb. be perplexed tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be perplexed (𝔗 id., entangle, beguile, NH שָׁבַשׁ confuse, dis-arrange; cf. Assyrian šabâšu, turn, about; Syriac ܫܰܒܶܫ flatter, allure, SchulthHom. Wurz. 90; so Mand. Pa. שב֘ש NöM 49; cf. Arabic شَوَّشَ (as loan-word Nöl.c.) confuse);—Pt. pl. מִשְׁתַּבְּשִׁין Dn 5:9.

Jastrow 1903

שְׁבַשׁ: Pa. to branch off, send forth branches Pe. to cut branches, harvest grapes to entangle, confound, overpower Ithpa. to be entangled to be confounded to blunder, be mistaken tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

, Pa. שַׁבֵּישׁ (denom. of שִׁבְשָׁא) to branch off, send forth branches. Targ. Ps. LXXX, 12 שַׁבֵּישְׁתָּא Ms. (ed. Wil. שְׁבֵשַׁת, Pe.). to cut branches, harvest grapes. B. Mets. 73ᵃ, v. שַׁבָּשָׁא. (v. preced.) to entangle, confound, overpower. Targ. Jer. XX, 7 (h. text פתה); Targ. II Esth. I, 2. Targ. Koh. V, 1.—Part. pass. מְשַׁבַּשׁ; pl. מְשַׁבְּשִׁין. Targ. Job XL, 17 (Ms. מִשְׁתַּבְּשִׁין Ithpa.; h. text ישרגו).—Yeb. 75ᵇ לשַׁבּוּשֵׁיה למרימר וכ׳ he only wanted to confuse M’remar (test his ingenuity). Ib. 108ᵇ איידי … אזל מְשַׁבֵּשׁ וכ׳ because she is familiar with his hints and signs, he may confuse (have undue influence over) her and remarry her. Ib. הא כבר שַׁבְּשָׁהּ ולא אִישַּׁבְּשָׁא (not שבשא) he has before tried to influence her, and she was not influenced. Ned. 89ᵇ שַׁבְּשֵׁיה ואנסביה וכ׳ (not ואינסיב, Rashi שיבשיה) he persuaded him and made him take a wife. to be entangled. Targ. Lam. I, 14 (ed. Lag. a. oth. אתיבשו, oth. ed. איתבשו, corr. acc.; h. text ישתרגו). to be confounded. Targ. Jer. l. c. (h. text ואפת). Ib. L, 36 (h. text נֹאָלוּ). Targ. Ez. XXIV, 10.—Yeb. l. c., אִישַּׁבְּשָׁא (marg. corr. אִשְׁתַּבְּשָׁא), v. supra.—Esp. to blunder, be mistaken. Pes. 17ᵃ אישתבש כהני the answer of the priests was erroneous. Shebu. 28ᵇ אִישְׁתַּבְּשַׁת thou art mistaken; Zeb. 26ᵃ.—V. מְשַׁבֶּשְׁתָּא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [were] dumbfounded (1).

In the verses

Daniel 5:9 · tree →

אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְזִיוֺ֖הִי שָׁנַ֣יִן עֲל֑וֹהִי וְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃

Word for word: then the king Belshazzar exceedingly [was].alarmed and brightness(es) his [were].changing on him and nobles his [were].dumbfounded

JPS 1917: Then was king Belshazzar greatly affrighted, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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