STRONGS H7612:
Abbreviations
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שֵׁאת noun feminine doubtful word; perhaps (for *
שֶׁאֶת)
din of battle (=
שָאוֹן); Thes and others
devastation, compare
שְׁאִיָּה; either meaning suits
הַשּׁ׳ Lamentations 3:47 (||
H7667 הַשָּׁ֑בֶר; but We
compare Hex. 2, 351, from II.
שׁוא,
desolation); contracted (according to Thes and most)
שֵׁת, in
בְּנֵי שֵׁת [
H8351 Numbers 24:17] (J)
sons of (battle-)
din (warriors, =
בְּנֵי שָׁאוֺן in || [
H7588 Jeremiah 48:45]); Vrss take
שֵׁת here as proper name; Gray proposes
שֵׂת =
שְׂאֵת,
pride, or reading as Jeremiah compare We
comp. Hex. 351.
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