Lexical Definition

‎בּוּשׁ‎ bûwsh (boosh) be ashamed ^H:V
a primitive root

(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

• properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed
• also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed

1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to feel shame
1a2) to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)
1b) (Piel) to delay (in shame)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to put to shame
1c2) to act shamefully
1c3) to be ashamed
1d) (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בּוֺשׁ‎₁₀₉ verb be ashamed (Sabean ‎בוס‎; ‎מהבאס‎ = evil-doer DHM^{ZMG 1883, 375, ||} Aramaic ‎בְּהַת‎, Syriac ; Arabic , mean disperse) —

Qal Perfect Jer 48:39 ‎בּשׁ‎ Jer 48:13 ‎בּוֺשָׁה‎ Jer 15:9 ‎בּשְׁתִּי‎ Jer 31:19 + 25 t.; Imperfect ‎יֵבוֺשׁ‎ Isa 29:22 + 57 t.; Infinitive absolute ‎בּוֺשׁ‎ Jer 6:15; Jer 8:12 Imperative ‎בּוֺשִׁי‎ Isa 23:4; Ezek 16:52, ‎בּוֺשׁוּ‎ Ezek 36:32 Participle plural ‎בּוֺשִׁים‎ Ezek 32:30 —

1. absolute feel shame Jer 6:15 + 16 t., Isa 19:9; Isa 23:4; Isa 37:27 Isa², Isa 45:16 + 14 t., Ezek 16:63; Mic 7:16; Joel 2:26; Joel 2:27; 2Kgs 19:26; Ezek 9:6; Job 6:20; Ps 6:11* (+ 27 t., chiefly in late Psalms).

2. followed by ‎מִן‎, be ashamed of, i.e. disconcerted, disappointed by reason of Jer 2:36 (twice in verse); Jer 12:13; Jer 48:13; Isa 1:29; Isa 20:5; Ezek 32:30; Ezek 36:32.

3. with object ‎בּשְׁתִּי לִשְׁאוֺל‎ I am ashamed to ask Ezek 8:22 ‎לֹא‎ ‎תֵבשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ לִי‎ ye are not ashamed to deal hardly with me (imperfect subject) Job 19:3. ‎בּושׁ‎ often || ‎נכלם‎ & ‎חפר‎; ‎בּשׁוּ וְהָכְלְמוּ‎ they are ashamed and confounded Jer 14:3; Jer 22:22 Isa², Isa 41:11; Isa 45:16; Isa 45:17; Ezek 16:52; Ezek 36:32; Ps 35:4; Ps 69:7*; Ezek 9:6 ‎וּבשׁוּ הַחֹזִים וְחָֽפְרוּ הַקֹּסְמִים‎ and the seers shall be ashamed and the diviners confounded Mic 3:7, compare Jer 15:9; Job 6:20; Ps 35:26; Ps 40:15*; Ps 70:3*; Ps 71:24 ‎יֵבוֺשׁ‎ ‎מְקוֺרוֺ‎ Hos 13:15 (read ‎יִיבַשׁ‎ be dry); ‎עַדבּֿוֺשׁ‎ to the point of confusion Judg 3:25 (compare GFM), 2Kgs 2:17; 2Kgs 8:11. Polel Perfect ‎בּשֵׁשׁ‎ delay (in shame), ‎בּשֵׁשׁ משֶׁה לָרֶדֶת‎ Moses delayed to descend Exod 32:1 (J), ‎מַדּוּעַ בּשֵׁשׁ רִכְבּוֺ לָבוֺא‎ why delay his chariots to come ? Judg 5:28.

Hiph`il 1. ‎הֱבִישׁוֺתָ‎ Ps 44:8* ‎הֱבִישֹׁתָה‎ Ps 53:6* Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎תְּבִישֵׁנִי‎ Ps 119:31; Ps 119:116 ‎תָּבִישׁוּ‎ Ps 14:6 put to shame, Participle ‎מֵבִישׁ‎ Prov 10:5; Prov 14:35; Prov 19:26; Prov 29:15 one causing shame or acting shamefully, || ‎מִשְׂכִּיל‎; ‎עֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל יִמְשֹׁל בְּבֵן מֵבִישׁ‎ a servant acting wisely will rule over a son causing shame Prov 17:2 ‎מְבִישָׁה‎ || ‎אֵשֶׁת חַיִל‎ Prov 12:4.

2. ‎הוֺבִישׁ‎ 2Sam 19:6*; Jer 2:26; Jer 6:15; Joel 1:10; Joel 1:12 ‎הֹבִישׁ‎ Jer 10:14 + 7 t., Hos 2:7*; Joel 1:12; Joel 1:17; Isa 30:5 (but ‎הבאיש‎ Kt); ‎הֹבִשׁוּ‎ Jer 8:9; Jer 8:12 Imperative ‎הֹבִישׁוּ‎ Joel 1:11 (all the forms in Joel derived √ ‎יָבֵשׁ‎ by ancient versions and some moderns, see Ew^{§ 122 e} Ges^{«GKC:72»§ 72}, 6).
a. put to shame 2Sam 19:6*.
b. act shamefully Hos 2:7*.
c. to be put to shame Jer 2:26; Jer 6:15; Jer 46:24; Jer 48:1 (twice in verse); Jer 48:20; Jer 50:2 (twice in verse); Joel 1:10; Joel 1:12; Joel 1:17 (?).
d. be ashamed Jer 8:9; Jer 8:12; Joel 1:11; Joel 1:12 (?) Isa 30:5 (Qr); with ‎מִן‎ Jer 10:14 = Jer 51:17. Hithpa`el Imperfect ‎יִתְבּשָׁ֑שׁוּ‎ ashamed before one another Gen 2:25 (J).

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