שָׁבַח
sha.vach
“to soothe”
Definition
properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
a primitive root;
- to soothe, still, stroke 1a) (Piel) to soothe, still 1b) (Hiphil) stilling (participle)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
שָׁבַח appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation;gather and deliver us from the nations,that we may give thanks to Your holy name,that we may glory in Your praise.’
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
A fool vents all his anger,but a wise man holds it back.
Save us, O LORD our God,and gather us from the nations,that we may give thanks to Your holy name,that we may glory in Your praise.
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