מֵבִֽישׁ

𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤔

mevish

shameful

a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed; (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

H954

Proverbs 10:5 · Word #8

Lexicon H954

Lemmaבּוּשׁ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤁𐤅𐤔
Transliterationbûwsh
Strong'sH954
In-contextshameful

Morphology HVhrmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan h — Hiphil — Causative active
Conjugation r — Participle Active — The one doing the action
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H954-14

one who brings to shame

Rootבוש (b-w-sh)
Core Meaningspaleness, shame, humiliation, disappointment, delay
Semantic Rangeto cause shame, to humiliate, to confound, to disappoint, to bring disgrace, to expose to dishonor
Conceptual SignificanceIn the honor–shame framework of the Hebrew Bible, to bring shame is to strip away social standing and covenantal honor. This term often marks divine judgment, failed trust, or the exposure of false confidence, highlighting the serious communal and theological weight of shame in Israelite thought.
Morphological NotesHiphil active participle, masculine singular, absolute form. The Hiphil stem gives a causative nuance: "causing to be ashamed" or "bringing to shame."
Rendering RationaleThe form מֵבִישׁ is a Hiphil masculine singular active participle from בוש, expressing a causative sense. "One who brings to shame" preserves the root idea of shame/humiliation while reflecting the causative stem and the masculine singular participial form.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root בוש (paleness, shame, humiliation, disappointment, delay)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H1322-01 bashetam their shame
H1322-02 bevoshet in shame
H954-01 bosh he came to shame
H954-02 boshah she has become ashamed
H954-03 boshenu we have become ashamed
H954-04 boshesh he has tarried
H378-01 boshet Man-of-Shame
H954-05 boshete you (feminine) turned pale in shame
H954-06 bosheti I have become ashamed
H954-07 boshi Be ashamed, O woman
H954-08 boshim ashamed ones
H954-09 boshu they came to shame
H955-01 bushah shamefulness
H954-10 evosh I will be ashamed
H954-11 evoshah let me be put to shame
H954-12 hevishota you have caused to be shamed
H954-13 hevishotah you have brought to shame
H3001-02 hovish he has brought to shame
H3001-04 hovishu they have put to shame
H1322-03 kevoshet like the shame of
H1322-04 laboshet to the shame
H1322-05 levoshet for shame
H954-15 mevishah she who causes-shame
H954-16 tavishu you will cause shame
H954-17 tevisheni may you cause me to be shamed
H954-18 tevosh she will pale in shame
H954-19 tevoshi you (feminine) will be ashamed
H954-20 tevoshu you men will come to shame
H954-21 uvosh and he became ashamed
H954-22 uvoshah and she will pale in shame
H954-23 uvoshu and they came to shame
H954-24 vavoshete and you grew pale in shame
H954-25 vavoshu and they were ashamed
H954-26 vayevoshu and they were shamed
H954-27 veyevosh and he will pale in shame
H954-28 veyevoshu and they will come to shame
H954-29 voshesh he lingered
H1322-06 voshet shame
H954-30 vosheti I was shamed
H954-31 voshu they have become ashamed
H955-02 vushah shamefulness
H954-32 yevosh he will pale in shame
H954-33 yevoshu they will pale in shame
H954-34 yiteboshashu they will shame-themselves

Word Usage (114 occurrences of H954)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:25 יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ yiteboshashu were ashamed
Exodus 32:1 בֹשֵׁ֥שׁ voshesh delayed
Judges 3:25 בּ֔וֹשׁ bosh they were ashamed
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