H7623B

שָׁבַח

sha.vachH:V

to praise

1) to laud, praise, commend 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to laud, praise (God) 1a2) to commend, congratulate (the dead) 1b) (Hithpael) to boast Aramaic equivalent: she.vach (שְׁבַח "to praise" H7624)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [שָׁבַח] verb Pi`el soothe, still (Arabic be free from care, etc., Jen^{ZA 1 (1886),188};iv (1889),269, compare Assyrian pašâ—u, grow calm, so Ba^ES9 Schulth^Lex.); —

Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular sf יְשַׁבְּחֶ֑נָּה Prov 29:11he stilleth it, i.e. רוּחוֺ his temper (Bi Toy read חָשַׁךְ אַפּוֺ ); 2 masculine singular sf תְּשַׁבְּחֵם Ps 89:10 thou stillest them, i.e. waves (|| גֵּאוּת הַיָּם). Hiph`il Participle (probably Masoretic error for Pi`el מְשַׁבֵּחַ) מַשְׁבִּיחַ שְׁאוֺן יַמִּים Ps 65:8 stilling the roar of the seas.

II. [שָׁבַח] verb Pi`el laud, praise (late Aramaism, compare Aramaic (including Old Aramaic) שׁבח, , Pa`el praise see Schw^{Idioticon 91} Schulth^Lex: —

1. laud, praise; God.(׳י) : Imperfect 3 masculine plural sfיְשַׁבְּח֑וּמְךָ Ps 63:4 (|| בֵּרַךְ); Imperative feminine singular שַׁבְּחִי Ps 147:12, masculine plural sf שַׁבְּהּ֫וּהוּ Ps 117:1(both || הִלֵּל ); his works, Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְשַׁבַּח Ps 145:4 (|| הִגִּיד)

2. commend,congratulate, the dead, Infinitiveabsolute שַׁבֵּחַ Eccl 4:2 (Ges^{«GKC:113gg»§ 113gg}; with מִן compare); mirth, as best thing, Perfect 1 singular שִׁבַּחְתִּי Eccl 8:15. Hitph. boast of (בְּ): Infinitiveconstruct הִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ Ps 106:47=1Chr 16:35, ᵐ5 (ἐγ) καυχᾶσθαι ἐν

[שְׁבַח] verb Pa`el laud, praise (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew II. שׁבח (Aramaism)); — Perfect 2 masculine singular שַׁבַּ֑חְךְָ Dan 5:23, 1 singular שַׁבְּחֵת Dan 4:31, 3 masculine plural שַׁבַּ֫חוּ Dan 5:4 Participle active מְשַׁבַּח Dan 2:23; Dan 4:34 — paise, with ל dei Dan 2:23; Dan 4:31; Dan 4:34 ל of idols Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23.

7 occurrences

I Chronicles (1), Psalms (4), Ecclesiastes (2)