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שֶׁ, also (
Gen 6:3 [? see 4.a.], Judg 5:7 (twice in verse); Song 1:7; Job 19:29 [?]) שַּׁ ,
שָׁ in שָׁאַתָּה
Judg 6:17,
and שְׁ in שְׁהוּא
Eccl 2:22
, שְׁהֵם
Eccl 3:18
(elsewhere before guttural שֶׁ, as שֶׁאֲנִי
Song 1:6;
Eccl 2:18
, שֶׁאֵין
Ps 146:3
, שֶׁהֵם
Song 6:5;
Lam 4:9,
שֶׁעַל
Judg 7:12;
Judg 8:26,
שֶׁרּאֹשִׁי
Song 5:2),
relative particle
who, which, that, etc. (constantly in Late Hebrew; Aramaic of Nerab, Ldzb371, 445; Assyrian
sha;
Phoenician אש (regularly), also sometimes ש (Ldzb227 f.): according to
Ges
Ew§ 181 b
Olp. 439
Sta§ 176 e, abbreviated from אֲשֶׁר;
more probably (Sperling [see אֲשֶׁר], Köii. 323
f.) an original demonstrative particle), synonym with אֲשֶׁר, but in
usage limited to late Hebrew, and passages with north Palestinian colouring, namely Judg 5:7 (twice in verse) [
אֲשֶׁר
Judg 5:27],
Judg 6:17; Judg
7:12; Judg 8:26
; 2Kgs 6:11
(see 4.c.), Jonah 1:7; Jonah 1:12; Jonah 4:10 [
אֲשֶׁר 11 t.], Ps 122:3; Ps 122:4; Ps 123:2; Ps
124:1; Ps
124:2; Ps
124:6; Ps
129:6; Ps
129:7; Ps
133:2; Ps
133:3; Ps
135:2; Ps
135:8;
Ps 135:10; Ps 136:23; Ps 137:8; Ps
137:9;
Ps 144:15;
Ps 146:3;
Ps 146:5; Lam
2:15
;
Lam 2:16; Lam 4:9
; Lam 5:18;
Ezra 8:20; 1Chr 5:20; 1Chr
27:27 Canticles (uniformly, except in title Song 1:1); Ecclesiastes (68 t.;
אֲשֶׁא 89 t.); also (dubious) Gen 6:3; Gen 49:10 (שֶׁלֹּה
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
ᵑ7
), Job
19:29 and in the proper name (q. v.) מִישָׁאֵל
and מְתוּשָׁאֵל. — In usage, שֶּׁ is in the main
parallel with אֲשֶׁר, namely
1. as pronoun
who, which, whom, Judg 7:12
כַּהוֺל שֶׁעַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם (compare חוֺל
c.), Ps 122:3; Ps 124:6 etc.; him whom, that
which, etc., Song 1:7; Song 3:1; 1Chr 27:27; Eccl
1:11; Eccl 6:3
וְרַב שֶׁיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי חַיָּיו and much (verb) is that which
his days amount to (Hi
De and others), Eccl 6:10
הוּא שֶּׁ
that which
Eccl
1:9 (twice in verse); in the genitive, אַשְׁרֵי שֶּׁ
Ps 137:8;
Ps 137:9;
Ps 146:5. — On מַהשֶּּֿׁ
in Eccl = whatever, what, see
מָה
1.e.
b.
2. as a connecting link; = where (compare אֲשֶׁר
p. 81, and 4.b.
β), מְקוֺם שֶּׁ
Eccl 1:7; Eccl 11:3 (compare
מְקוֺם אֲשֶׁר
Gen 39:20 +:
Ges
«GKC:130c»§ 130c), whither
Ps 122:4 (
שֶׁשָּׁם ֗֗֗ ),
when
Song 8:8; Eccl 12:3
בַּיּוֺם שֶּׁ (compare ib.
4.b.
a).
3. as a conjunction (compare
אֲשֶׁר
8); —
a.
that, after רָאָה
Eccl 2:13;
Eccl 3:18,
יָרַע
Eccl 1:17;
Eccl 2:14;
Eccl
9:5;
Job 19:19 (?), דִּבֶּר
Eccl 2:15,
אָמַר
Eccl 8:14,
עָשָׂה אוֺת
Judg 6:17 as subject of sentence, Eccl 3:13;
Eccl 5:15 also in the phrases, (a) what is … that ?
Song 5:9 (usually כִּי; see מָךְ
1.d.
b), מֶה הָיָה שֶּׁ how comes it
that … ?
Eccl 7:10 (
b) Song 3:4
כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתּת מֵהֶם hardly (was it) that
(German kaum dass) I had passed, etc., Eccl 7:14
עַל דִּדבְרַת שֶׁלּאֹ יִמְצָא to the intent that …
, Eccl
5:15
כָּלעֻֿמַּת שֶׁבֶּא exactly as …, Eccl 12:9
תֵר שֶׁ besides that, עַד שֶּׁ
(עַד ּ
Judg 5:7) until
that
Ps 123:2;
Song 2:7; Song 2:17 +
(see III.
עַד
II 1 a
a and b; compare Late Hebrew
Yoma
Song 5:1),
while
Song 1:12
(ib. 2.d.); עָשָׂהשֶּׁ to make or cause
that …, Eccl 3:14
(compare Ezek
36:27).
b.
involving a reason (compare אֲשֶׁר
8.c.), because, since, Song 1:6 (twice in verse); Song 5:2; Eccl 2:18 b.
Hence
שֵׁלָּמָה
Song 1:7
since why ? = lest (see
מָה
4.d.
b).
4. compounds:
a.
בְּשֶּׁ , i. q. בַּאֲשֶׁר
c. (p. 84a) in that, seeing that, Eccl
2:16 also (according to
ᵑ0
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
Hu De) Gen 6:3
בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר
because that he also is flesh; but see
שָׁגַג
.
b.
כּשֶּׁ , i. q. כַּאֲשֶׁר p. 455: — (a) according
as
Eccl 5:14;
Eccl 12:7
(b) when (so often in Late Hebrew, as Ab
Eccl
1:8 (3 t. in verse); Eccl 1:14) Eccl 9:12; Eccl 10:3.
c.
מִשֶּּׁ , i. q. מֵאֲשֶׁר
a. (p. 84:a), 2Kgs 6:12
מִי מִשֶּׁלָּנוּ who of those that are ours ? (but
Klo
KmpKau
Benz
מְגַלֵּנוּ who betrays us ? compare
ᵐ5
); Eccl 5:4
than that (compare מֵאֲשֶׁר
Eccl 3:22), + Eccl 2:24 (read מִשֶּׁיּאֹכַל with
Ew
De, etc.; compare Eccl 3:22).
d.
שֶׁל, like אֲשֶׁרלְ (אֲשֶׁר
7.b.), a mark of the genitive: thrice, adding
slight emphasis to the suffix, Song 1:6 = Song 8:12
כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי
my vineyard (literally my vineyard, which is mine),
Song 3:7
מִטָּתוֺ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹה (so often in Late Hebrew, but without any
special emphasis, as Aboth
Song 1:12
הֲוֵי
מתלמידיווּ שׁלאֿהרן be of Aaron's disciples, Song 2:1
שְׂכָרָן שֶׁלמִֿצְוֺת, Song 2:2;
Song 3:2
הֲוֵי מתפלל בשׁלומהּ שׁלמֿלכות; compare
[untranscribed source text 5357] in Syriac, as Luke 6:42
[untranscribed source text 5358]
[untranscribed source text 5359]
my words, Nö§ 225
). And with בְּ, בְּשֶׁל literally
through that which belongs to or concerns,
pleonastic for on account of (a late, unidiomatic translation of
Aramaic בְּרִיל, from בְּ, דִּי, and
לְ, as in
Onk
Gen 12:13
בדילי
on my account, Gen 30:27; Gen 39:5
בְּדִיל יוֺסֵף, בְּדִיל מָא
on account of what ? Judg 8:1;
2Sam 9:1; 1Kgs 11:12; 1Kgs 11:39
, etc.), Jonah 1:7
בְּשֶׁלְּמִי
on account of whom ? (|| Jonah 1:8
בַּאֲשֶׁר
לְמִי; probably a gloss), Jonah 1:12
בְּשֶׁלִּי
an account of me (
ᵑ7
בְּדִיל מַן, בְּדִילִי); Eccl 8:17
בְּשֶׁל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲמֹל
הָאָדָם לְבַקֵּשׁ
on account of (the fact) that (= seeing that)
man labours, etc. (unidiomatic translation of Aramaic בְּדִיל דְּ
because that, as Gen 6:3
בְּדִיל דְּאִינוּן
בִּסְרָא, Gen 39:9
בְּרִיל דְּאַתְּ אִיתְּתֵיהּ [for Hebrew בַּאֲשֶׁר אַתְּ
אִשְׁתּוֺ]; Palmyrene בדיל די
Ldzb233, — in
Tariff
Gen 1:4 (CookeN. Semitic Inscr.
320) = ἐπειδή).
[שֹׁא] see [
שׁוֺא
].
BDB8688
שֶׁל
Song 1:6; Song 3:7 and
elsewhere; בְּשֶׁל
Eccl 8:17 see
שֶׁ
4.d.
