"בושת" meaning in Hebrew

See בושת in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbo.ʃet/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /ˈboː.ʃɛθ/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ˈboː.ʃtʰ/ [Biblical-Hebrew], [ˈboː.ʃɛθ] [Biblical-Hebrew], /ˈboj.ʃɛs/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ˈbøː.ʃæθ/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], [ˈbøː.ʃæːθ] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /ˈbeː.ʃæːθ/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], /ˈbo.ʃetʰ/ [Hebrew, Persian] Forms: בּוֹשֶׁת [canonical, feminine], בֹּשֶׁת [canonical, feminine], bóshet [romanization]
Etymology: Cognate with Aramaic בַּהֲתָא (bahăṯā). Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|ב־ו־שׁ}}, {{cog|arc|בַּהֲתָא|tr=bahăṯā}} Aramaic בַּהֲתָא (bahăṯā) Head templates: {{he-noun|dwv=בֹּשֶׁת|g=f|pat=קֹטֶל|tr=bóshet|wv=בּוֹשֶׁת}} בּוֹשֶׁת / בֹּשֶׁת • (bóshet) f [pattern: קֹטֶל]
  1. shame, a shameful thing
    Sense id: en-בושת-he-noun-mQoUZ1nr Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־שׁ, Paganism Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־שׁ: 57 29 14 Disambiguation of Paganism: 32 32 37
  2. bashfulness, shyness
    Sense id: en-בושת-he-noun-EKoOjAyU Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Paganism Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 6 88 6 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 14 71 15 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל: 27 51 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 92 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 92 5 Disambiguation of Paganism: 32 32 37
  3. idol
    Sense id: en-בושת-he-noun-5hT2XvsP Categories (other): Paganism Disambiguation of Paganism: 32 32 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: בֵּית בּוֹשֶׁת (bét bóshet) (english: brothel; house of shame) [literally]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "brothel; house of shame",
      "roman": "bét bóshet",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "brothel; house of shame",
      "word": "בֵּית בּוֹשֶׁת"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "boyshes ponemdik",
          "sense": "shy",
          "word": "בושת־פּנימדיק"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "boyshes ponem",
      "sense": "shy person",
      "word": "בושת־פּנים"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ב־ו־שׁ"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "בַּהֲתָא",
        "tr": "bahăṯā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic בַּהֲתָא (bahăṯā)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Aramaic בַּהֲתָא (bahăṯā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "קֹטֶל",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בּוֹשֶׁת",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֹּשֶׁת",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bóshet",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "בֹּשֶׁת",
        "g": "f",
        "pat": "קֹטֶל",
        "tr": "bóshet",
        "wv": "בּוֹשֶׁת"
      },
      "expansion": "בּוֹשֶׁת / בֹּשֶׁת • (bóshet) f [pattern: קֹטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 29 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־שׁ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Paganism",
          "orig": "he:Paganism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              23,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will clothe his enemies in disgrace, while on him his crown shall sparkle.”",
          "ref": "Tanach, Psalms [[s:he:T26d2#קלב_יח|132:18]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "oyeváv albíš bóšet v'aláv yatsíts nizró",
          "text": "א֭וֹיְבָיו אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ בֹּ֑שֶׁת וְ֝עָלָ֗יו יָצִ֥יץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃",
          "translation": "I will clothe his enemies in disgrace, while on him his crown shall sparkle.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You have plotted shame for your own house, And guilt for yourself;",
          "ref": "Tanach, Habakkuk [[s:he:T2002#ב_י|2:10]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "ya'átsta bóšet l'veitékha k'tsót amím rabím v'khoté nafshékha",
          "text": "יָעַ֥צְתָּ בֹּ֖שֶׁת לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ קְצוֹת־עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים וְחוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃",
          "translation": "You have plotted shame for your own house, And guilt for yourself;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shame, a shameful thing"
      ],
      "id": "en-בושת-he-noun-mQoUZ1nr",
      "links": [
        [
          "shame",
          "shame"
        ],
        [
          "shameful",
          "shameful"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 88 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 71 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 51 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 92 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 92 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Paganism",
          "orig": "he:Paganism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bashfulness, shyness"
      ],
      "id": "en-בושת-he-noun-EKoOjAyU",
      "links": [
        [
          "bashfulness",
          "bashfulness"
        ],
        [
          "shyness",
          "shyness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Paganism",
          "orig": "he:Paganism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "But the Shameful Thing has consumed The possessions of our ancestors ever since our youth— Their flocks and herds, Their sons and daughters.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Jeremiah [[s:he:T1103#ג_כד|3:24]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "v'habóshet akhlá et yegí'a avotéinu min'uréinu et tsonám v'et b'karám et bnéihem v'et bnotéihem",
          "text": "וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁת אָ֥כְלָ֛ה אֶת־יְגִ֥יעַ אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ מִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּ אֶת־צֹאנָם֙ וְאֶת־בְּקָרָ֔ם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃",
          "translation": "But the Shameful Thing has consumed The possessions of our ancestors ever since our youth— Their flocks and herds, Their sons and daughters.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "idol"
      ],
      "id": "en-בושת-he-noun-5hT2XvsP",
      "links": [
        [
          "idol",
          "idol"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbo.ʃet/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboː.ʃɛθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboː.ʃtʰ/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈboː.ʃɛθ]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboj.ʃɛs/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbøː.ʃæθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbøː.ʃæːθ]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeː.ʃæːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbo.ʃetʰ/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "בושת"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew feminine nouns",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־שׁ",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Paganism"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "brothel; house of shame",
      "roman": "bét bóshet",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "brothel; house of shame",
      "word": "בֵּית בּוֹשֶׁת"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "boyshes ponemdik",
          "sense": "shy",
          "word": "בושת־פּנימדיק"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "boyshes ponem",
      "sense": "shy person",
      "word": "בושת־פּנים"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ב־ו־שׁ"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "בַּהֲתָא",
        "tr": "bahăṯā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic בַּהֲתָא (bahăṯā)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Aramaic בַּהֲתָא (bahăṯā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "קֹטֶל",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בּוֹשֶׁת",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֹּשֶׁת",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bóshet",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "בֹּשֶׁת",
        "g": "f",
        "pat": "קֹטֶל",
        "tr": "bóshet",
        "wv": "בּוֹשֶׁת"
      },
      "expansion": "בּוֹשֶׁת / בֹּשֶׁת • (bóshet) f [pattern: קֹטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will clothe his enemies in disgrace, while on him his crown shall sparkle.”",
          "ref": "Tanach, Psalms [[s:he:T26d2#קלב_יח|132:18]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "oyeváv albíš bóšet v'aláv yatsíts nizró",
          "text": "א֭וֹיְבָיו אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ בֹּ֑שֶׁת וְ֝עָלָ֗יו יָצִ֥יץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃",
          "translation": "I will clothe his enemies in disgrace, while on him his crown shall sparkle.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You have plotted shame for your own house, And guilt for yourself;",
          "ref": "Tanach, Habakkuk [[s:he:T2002#ב_י|2:10]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "ya'átsta bóšet l'veitékha k'tsót amím rabím v'khoté nafshékha",
          "text": "יָעַ֥צְתָּ בֹּ֖שֶׁת לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ קְצוֹת־עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים וְחוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃",
          "translation": "You have plotted shame for your own house, And guilt for yourself;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shame, a shameful thing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shame",
          "shame"
        ],
        [
          "shameful",
          "shameful"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bashfulness, shyness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bashfulness",
          "bashfulness"
        ],
        [
          "shyness",
          "shyness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              4,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "But the Shameful Thing has consumed The possessions of our ancestors ever since our youth— Their flocks and herds, Their sons and daughters.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Jeremiah [[s:he:T1103#ג_כד|3:24]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "v'habóshet akhlá et yegí'a avotéinu min'uréinu et tsonám v'et b'karám et bnéihem v'et bnotéihem",
          "text": "וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁת אָ֥כְלָ֛ה אֶת־יְגִ֥יעַ אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ מִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּ אֶת־צֹאנָם֙ וְאֶת־בְּקָרָ֔ם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃",
          "translation": "But the Shameful Thing has consumed The possessions of our ancestors ever since our youth— Their flocks and herds, Their sons and daughters.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "idol"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "idol",
          "idol"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbo.ʃet/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboː.ʃɛθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboː.ʃtʰ/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈboː.ʃɛθ]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboj.ʃɛs/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbøː.ʃæθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbøː.ʃæːθ]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeː.ʃæːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbo.ʃetʰ/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "בושת"
}

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