שַׁחַד

שֹׁ֫חַד noun masculine present, specifically bribe; — ׳שׁ absolute Es 1,23 + 22 t.; — bribe, usually to pervert justice, object of לָקַח 2 Mos 23,8 a (E), = 5 Mos 16,19a, 5 Mos 10,17; 1 Sam 8,3; 2 Kron 19,7; Sl 15,5; Ord 17,23 + infinitive, take bribe to do something, 5 Mos 27,25; Ezk 22,12 ׳אָהַב שׁ Es 1,23 compare also Es 5,23; Es 33,15; 2 Mos 23,8b (E) = 5 Mos 16,19b, Mik 3,11; Sl 26,10; Ord 17,8; Ord 21,14 ׳אָהֳלֵישֿׁ Job 15,34, i.e. abode of bribe-givers; ׳שׁ Ord 6,35 (|| כֹּפֶר) is hush-money, or (possibly) legal compensation (compare Toy); ׳שׁ elsewhere (with שָׁהַ) of bribing king to take sides 1 Kong 15,19; 2 Kong 16,8, compare Es 45,13 (|| מְחִיר).