What does שַׁד mean in the Bible?
שַׁד is a Hebrew word meaning "the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)".
Hebrew · H7699
שַׁד
The breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
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שַׁד H7699
What does שַׁד mean in the Bible?
שַׁד is a Hebrew word meaning "the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7699?
The BSB source-word alignment has 24 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Your breasts (6), breasts (4), from the breast (2), their breasts (2), and breasts (1).
Where does שַׁד appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 49:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Song Of Solomon (8), Ezekiel (4), Isaiah (4), Hosea (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Your breasts 6× Song Of Solomon 4:5, Song Of Solomon 7:3, Song Of Solomon 7:7, Isaiah 32:12
breasts 4× Job 3:12, Song Of Solomon 8:1, Isaiah 66:11, Ezekiel 23:21
from the breast 2× Job 24:9, Isaiah 28:9
their breasts 2× Lamentations 4:3, Ezekiel 23:3
and breasts 1× Hosea 9:14
and her breasts 1× Song Of Solomon 8:8
and my breasts 1× Song Of Solomon 8:10
at the breast 1× Joel 2:16
at the breasts 1× Isaiah 60:16
breast 1× Psalms 22:9
her breasts 1× Hosea 2:2
May your breasts 1× Song Of Solomon 7:8
my breasts 1× Song Of Solomon 1:13
of the breasts 1× Genesis 49:25
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 49:25 שָׁדַ֖יִם to of the breasts Noun - md Job 3:12 שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם to breasts Noun - md Job 24:9 מִשֹּׁ֣ד to from the breast Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 22:9 שְׁדֵ֥י to breast Noun - masculine dual construct Song Of Solomon 1:13 שָׁדַ֖י to my breasts Noun - masculine dual construct | first person common singular Song Of Solomon 4:5 שָׁדַ֛יִךְ to Your breasts Noun - masculine dual construct | second person feminine singular Song Of Solomon 7:3 שָׁדַ֛יִךְ to Your breasts Noun - masculine dual construct | second person feminine singular Song Of Solomon 7:7 וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ to your breasts Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine dual construct | second person feminine singular Song Of Solomon 7:8 שָׁדַ֙יִךְ֙ to May your breasts Noun - masculine dual construct | second person feminine singular Song Of Solomon 8:1 שְׁדֵ֣י to breasts Noun - masculine dual construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 49:25
Aligned rows 24
Books represented 9
Genesis 1 Job 2 Psalms 1 Song Of Solomon 8 Isaiah 4 Lamentations 1 Ezekiel 4 Hosea 2 Joel 1
Source forms
וְשָׁדַ֖יִם 2x wə·šā·ḏa·yim Song Of Solomon 8:8, Hosea 9:14
שְׁדֵ֥י 2x šə·ḏê Psalms 22:9, Ezekiel 23:21
שָׁדַ֛יִךְ 2x šā·ḏa·yiḵ Song Of Solomon 4:5, Song Of Solomon 7:3
שָׁדַ֖יִם 2x šā·ḏa·yim Genesis 49:25, Isaiah 32:12
וְשֹׁ֥ד 1x wə·šōḏ Isaiah 60:16
וְשָׁדַ֖י 1x wə·šā·ḏay Song Of Solomon 8:10
וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ 1x wə·šā·ḏa·yiḵ Song Of Solomon 7:7
וְשָׁדַ֣יִךְ 1x wə·šā·ḏa·yiḵ Ezekiel 23:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - md 5x Genesis 49:25, Job 3:12, Isaiah 32:12, Ezekiel 16:7
Noun - masculine dual construct 3x Psalms 22:9, Song Of Solomon 8:1, Ezekiel 23:21
Noun - masculine dual construct | second person feminine singular 3x Song Of Solomon 4:5, Song Of Solomon 7:3, Song Of Solomon 7:8
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine dual construct | second person feminine singular 2x Song Of Solomon 7:7, Ezekiel 23:34
Conjunctive waw | Noun - md 2x Song Of Solomon 8:8, Hosea 9:14
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine dual construct | first person common singular 1x Song Of Solomon 8:10
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Isaiah 60:16
Noun - masculine dual construct | first person common singular 1x Song Of Solomon 1:13
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
Source Gloss
the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging) BDB: breast Usage: breast, pap, teat.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שַׁד is built from this root:
שׁוּד H7736
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain