Lexicon
שִׁדָּה
shid.dah
H7705
H:N-F Hebrew

concubine

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shid.dah denotes women acquired among a king-like collection of wealth and pleasures in Ecclesiastes 2:8.

The attested use places shid.dah among items acquired by the speaker, in a list of wealth, singers, and human pleasures.

Senses in use

  1. Women acquired among possessions and pleasures · dominant

    In Ecclesiastes 2:8, the two supplied forms occur in the speaker's list of things acquired for himself, following silver, gold, royal treasure, and male and female singers. The forms are tagged as common feminine singular absolute; the APB renders the closing item of the list “concubines.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ecclesiastes 2:8, the APB presents the final item in the speaker's acquisitions as “concubines.” The precise contribution of each supplied form cannot be separated from that collective rendering.

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