שֵׁמֶץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8102

whisper — 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

whisper tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֵׁ֫מֶץ: whisper tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] whisper;—שׁ׳ abs. Jb 4:12; cstr. שׁ׳ דָּבָר 26:14 a (mere) whisper of a word, something wholly inadequate.

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

Glosses

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

In the verses

Job 4:12 · tree →

וְ֭אֵלַי דָּבָ֣ר יְגֻנָּ֑ב וַתִּקַּ֥ח אָ֝זְנִ֗י שֵׁ֣מֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃

Word for word: and to me a.word it.was.brought.secretly and it.received ear my a.whisper of it

JPS 1917: Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

Job 26:14 · tree →

הֶן־אֵ֤לֶּה ׀ קְצ֬וֹת דְּרָכָ֗יו וּמַה־שֵּׁ֣מֶץ דָּ֭בָר נִשְׁמַע־בּ֑וֹ וְרַ֥עַם גְּ֝בוּרוֹתָ֗יומִ֣י יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ס

Word for word: there! these [are].the.ends his.ways his and what! a.whisper of.a.word we.hear in it and the.thunder his.mighty.deeds his who? will.he.understand

JPS 1917: Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; and how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand?

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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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