BDB980 [H954]

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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