שֵׁד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7700

demon — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

demon tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֵׁד: demon tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] appar. demon (loan-word from Assyrian šêdu, a protecting spirit, especially of bull-colossus, DlPa 153 f.; WB 646; COT Dt 32:17 ZimKAT3. 460 f., 455, 649; cf. Aramaic שֵׁידָא, ܫܺܐܕܳܐ demon, and (perhaps) Ph. n.pr. גדשד NöZMG xlii (1888), 481 Lzb249; orig. √ שׁוד (= Arabic سَادَ rule) according to Thes Baud Sem. Rel. i. 130 ff. DlWB al.; > Arabic سعد (iii, iv aid), HomZMG xlvi (1892), 529, against this Ziml. c.);—יִזְבְּחוּ לַשֵּׁדִים לֹא אֱלֹהַּ Dt 32:17 (cf. Dr), ψ 106:37 (human sacrifice).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: demons (2).

In the verses

Psalms 106:37 · tree →

וַיִּזְבְּח֣וּ אֶת־בְּ֭נֵיהֶם וְאֶת־בְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם לַשֵּֽׁדִים׃

Word for word: and they.sacrificed (et) sons their and (et) daughters their to (the) demons

JPS 1917: Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

Deuteronomy 32:17 · tree →

יִזְבְּח֗וּ לַשֵּׁדִים֙ לֹ֣א אֱלֹ֔הַ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֹ֣א יְדָע֑וּם חֲדָשִׁים֙ מִקָּרֹ֣ב בָּ֔אוּ לֹ֥א שְׂעָר֖וּם אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

Word for word: they.sacrificed to (the) demons [which].not [are].God gods [which].not they had.known.them new.[gods] [which].from near they.had.come [which].not they had.known.about.them ancestors your

JPS 1917: They sacrificed unto demons, no-gods, gods that they knew not, new gods that came up of late, which your fathers dreaded not.

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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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