H7882 H7882
pit, trench—a dug hole or trap
This feminine noun denotes a pit or dug trench, often as a trap or danger. Psalm 57:6 and 119:85 speak of enemies digging pits to ensnare the righteous. Jeremiah 18:22 mentions pits dug to catch the prophet. The imagery consistently involves hostile trap-setting, digging concealed holes to capture or harm the innocent. The term appears in contexts of treacherous plotting and the need for divine deliverance from such schemes.
Senses
1. sense 1 — All three uses involve pits dug by enemies as traps: Psalm 57:6 (they dug a pit before me), 119:85 (the proud dig pits), and Jeremiah 18:22 (they dug pits to catch me). Spanish 'fosa' (pit/grave) and French 'fosse' align across contexts. The ketiv/qere variation in Jeremiah shows textual uncertainty between this word and a similar form, but the pit-trapping sense remains consistent across all passages. 3×
AR["حُفرَةً", "حُفَرًا", "☐"]·ben["[গর্ত]", "গর্ত"]·DE["[[שיחה]]", "ein-Grube", "pits"]·EN["[K]", "a-pit", "pits"]·FR["[[שיחה]]", "fosse"]·heb["שיחה", "שיחות"]·HI["[गड्ढा]", "गड्ढा"]·ID["[lubang]", "lubang"]·IT["[[שיחה]]", "fossa"]·jav["jugangan", "kamulyan", "luwangan"]·KO["구덩이들-을", "함정-을"]·PT["[Qere:", "covas", "uma-cova"]·RU["[кетив]", "яму", "ямы"]·ES["[fosa]", "fosa", "fosas"]·SW["[shimo]", "mashimo", "shimo"]·TR["çukur", "çukurlar"]·urd["گڑھا", "گڑھے"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שִׁיחָה n.f.id.;—כרה שׁ׳ Je 18:22 Kt (Qr שׁוּחָה), ψ 57:7; pl. כ׳ שִׁיחוֹת 119:85.