H7809

שָׁחַד

sha.chadH:V

to bribe

(Qal) to give a present, bribe, ransom, offer gifts

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[שָׁחַד] verb give a present, bribe (Eccl 35:14 Aramaic שְׁחַד, bribe; perhaps also Assyrian šidê, gifts, DlWB 643); —

Qal Imperfect 2 feminine singular, accusative of person וַתִּשְׁחֳדִי אוֺתָם Ezek 16:33 thou didst bribe them to come (לָבוֺא; || נָתַן נְדָנִים); read probably also Infinitive construct suffix שַׁחֲדָהּ Isa 47:11 to buy it off (for ᵑ0 שַׁחְרָהּ, so Kr Gr Buhl CheHpt Heb 142, compare Marti; see Prov 6:35); Imperative masculine plural שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִי (Ges«GKC:64a»§ 64a) Job 6:22 give a bribe for me.



שַׁ֫חַר noun masculineGen 19:15 dawn; — absolute ׳שׁ 1Sam 9:26 +, שָׁ֑חַר Judg 19:25 +; suffix שַׁחְרָךְ Isa 47:11 (but read probably שַׁחֲדָהּ); — dawn, with עָלָה rise Gen 19:15; Gen 32:25; Gen 32:27; Josh 6:15 (all J), Judg 19:25; 1Sam 9:26; Neh 4:15; Jonah 4:7 opposed to עֵיפָה Amos 4:13 as adverb at dawn Ps 57:9 = Ps 108:3 ׳עַפְעַפֵּישֿׁ Job 3:9; Job 41:10 ׳כַּנְפֵישֿׁ Ps 139:9; Ps 110:3 read probably ׳רֶחֶם שׁ (see מִשְׁחָר below); ׳שׁ also Job 38:12, in simile Hos 6:3 (but read כְּשַׁחֲרֵנוּ כֵּן נִמְצָאֵהוּ as infinitive, see following, GieBeitr. 208 We Now GASm Marti), Isa 58:8; Song 6:10; Joel 2:2 (al. blackness, || עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל); ׳בֶּןשֿׁ Isa 14:12 (of star, figurative of royal splendour; — literal as myth RSK 300); ׳אֵין לוֺ שׁ Isa 8:20 is obscure, so also ׳בַּשּׁ Hos 10:15 (We in storm, i.e. בַּשַּׂעַר). — Isa 47:11 usually, but improbably, dawn (origin) of calamity: JHMich Hi Ew Rö (Thes) De Di and others charm away (RVm) (Arabic enchant (WeHeid. 2. 159, 200), enchantment [= Sabean סחר DHMHofmus. 24. 1]); but see [ שָׁחַד].


2 occurrences

Job (1), Ezekiel (1)