See בושת in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "brothel; house of shame",
"roman": "bét bóshet",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"translation": "brothel; house of shame",
"word": "בֵּית בּוֹשֶׁת"
}
],
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{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Yiddish",
"lang_code": "yi",
"roman": "boyshes ponemdik",
"sense": "shy",
"word": "בושת־פּנימדיק"
}
],
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"lang_code": "yi",
"roman": "boyshes ponem",
"sense": "shy person",
"word": "בושת־פּנים"
}
],
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"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).",
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{
"form": "קֹטֶל",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "בּוֹשֶׁת",
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"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "בֹּשֶׁת",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "bóshet",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"dwv": "בֹּשֶׁת",
"g": "f",
"pat": "קֹטֶל",
"tr": "bóshet",
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},
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"name": "he-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "57 29 14",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "32 32 37",
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}
],
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23,
31
]
],
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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"
},
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11,
19
]
],
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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": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "14 71 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 51 21",
"kind": "other",
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"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"
},
{
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"bashfulness, shyness"
],
"id": "en-בושת-he-noun-EKoOjAyU",
"links": [
[
"bashfulness",
"bashfulness"
],
[
"shyness",
"shyness"
]
]
},
{
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{
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"parents": [],
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}
],
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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"
],
"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"
}
{
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"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"
}
],
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{
"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",
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{
"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
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[
23,
31
]
],
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[
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": [
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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"
],
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[
"idol",
"idol"
]
]
}
],
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"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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