Lexical Definition

‎שָׁבַח‎ shâbach (shaw-bakh') to soothe ^H:V
a primitive root

commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.

• properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud
• figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)

1) to soothe, still, stroke
1a) (Piel) to soothe, still
1b) (Hiphil) stilling (participle)
2) to laud, praise, commend
2a) (Piel)
2a1) to laud, praise (God)
2a2) to commend, congratulate (the dead)
2b) (Hithpael) to boast

See Greek: αἰνέω · ἐπαινέω · ἐπιλανθάνομαι · καυχάομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎שָׁבַח‎] verb Pi`el soothe, still (Arabic be free from care, etc., Jen^{ZA 1 (1886),188};iv (1889),269, compare Assyrian pašâ—u, grow calm, so Ba^ES9 Schulth^Lex.); —

Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular sf ‎יְשַׁבְּחֶ֑נָּה‎ Prov 29:11he stilleth it, i.e. ‎רוּחוֺ‎ his temper (Bi Toy read ‎חָשַׁךְ‎ ‎אַפּוֺ‎ ); 2 masculine singular sf ‎תְּשַׁבְּחֵם‎ Ps 89:10* thou stillest them, i.e. waves (|| ‎גֵּאוּת הַיָּם‎). Hiph`il Participle (probably Masoretic error for Pi`el ‎מְשַׁבֵּחַ‎) ‎מַשְׁבִּיחַ שְׁאוֺן יַמִּים‎ Ps 65:8* stilling the roar of the seas.

II. [‎שָׁבַח‎] verb Pi`el laud, praise (late Aramaism, compare Aramaic (including Old Aramaic) ‎שׁבח‎, , Pa`el praise see Schw^{Idioticon 91} Schulth^Lex: —

1. laud, praise; God.(‎׳‎‎י‎) : Imperfect 3 masculine plural sf‎יְשַׁבְּח֑וּמְךָ‎ Ps 63:4* (|| ‎בֵּרַךְ‎); Imperative feminine singular ‎שַׁבְּחִי‎ Ps 147:12, masculine plural sf ‎שַׁבְּהּ֫וּהוּ‎ Ps 117:1(both || ‎הִלֵּל‎ ); his works, Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְשַׁבַּח‎ Ps 145:4 (|| ‎הִגִּיד‎)

2. commend,congratulate, the dead, Infinitiveabsolute ‎שַׁבֵּחַ‎ Eccl 4:2 (Ges^{«GKC:113gg»§ 113gg}; with ‎מִן‎ compare); mirth, as best thing, Perfect 1 singular ‎שִׁבַּחְתִּי‎ Eccl 8:15. Hitph. boast of (‎בְּ‎): Infinitiveconstruct ‎הִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ‎ Ps 106:47=1Chr 16:35, ᵐ5 (ἐγ) καυχᾶσθαι ἐν

[‎שְׁבַח‎] verb Pa`el laud, praise (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew II. ‎שׁבח‎ (Aramaism)); — Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎שַׁבַּ֑חְךְָ‎ Dan 5:23, 1 singular ‎שַׁבְּחֵת‎ Dan 4:31*, 3 masculine plural ‎שַׁבַּ֫חוּ‎ Dan 5:4 Participle active ‎מְשַׁבַּח‎ Dan 2:23; Dan 4:34* — paise, with ‎ל‎ dei Dan 2:23; Dan 4:31*; Dan 4:34* ‎ל‎ of idols Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23.

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