Lexical Definition
שַׁד shad (shad) breast H:N-M
or שֹׁד shôd (shode); probably from שׁוּד (in its original sense) contracted
breast, pap, teat.
- the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
1) breast, bosom, (female) breast
1a) breast (of woman)
1b) breast (of animal)
1c) breast (of both human and animal)
See Greek: μαστός
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[שַׁד] noun masculineHos 9:14 female breast; — absolute שָׁ֑ד Lam 4:3 elsewhere dual שָׁדַיִם Hos 9:14 +, construct שְׁדֵי Ezek 23:21 +, suffix שָׁדַי Song 1:13; Song 8:10, שָׁדַיִךְ Song 4:5 +, etc.; — breast:
1. of woman Hos 2:4*; Ezek 16:7; Ezek 23:3; Ezek 23:21 (שְׁדֵי נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ, || דַּדַּיִךְ), vEzek 23:34 (> strike out ᵐ5 Manuscripts Co; — all these of personified People), Song 1:13; Song 4:5; Song 7:4*; Song 7:8*; Song 7:9*; Song 8:8; Song 8:10 of mother Ps 22:10*, with יָנַק suck Song 8:1; Job 3:12; Joel 2:15; Hos 9:14 (see [ צָמַק]); ׳מִשּׁ עֲתִיקֵי Isa 28:9 i.e. those already weaned, mature (|| גְּמוּלֵי מֵךְָלָב). — Isa 32:12 see [ספד].
2. of animal Lam 4:3.
3. both human and animal, וָרָ֑חַם ׳בִּרְכוֺת שׁ Gen 49:25 (poem in J).
II. שֹׁד noun masculine id. (compare the rare Arabic , Lane333 BaZMG ii. 637); — ׳שׁ absolute, of mother Job 24:9 construct (figurative, with יָנַק): מְלָכִים ׳שׁ Isa 60:16, תַּנְחֻמֶיהָ ׳שׁ Isa 66:11, i.e. the consolations of Jerusalem.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 49:25 |
| Job | 3:12 · 24:9 |
| Psalms | 22:10* |
| Song of Solomon | 1:13 · 4:5 · 7:4* · 7:8* · 7:9* · 8:1 · 8:8 · 8:10 |
| Isaiah | 28:9 · 32:12 · 60:16 · 66:11 |
| Lamentations | 4:3 |
| Ezekiel | 16:7 · 23:3 · 23:21 · 23:34 |
| Hosea | 2:4* · 9:14 |
| Joel | 2:15 |