שָׂרַע
sâraʻ · H8311 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to stretch oneself
Action by which humans stretch out their body on a flat surface
ExamplesIsaiah 28:20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.
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to be overgrown, to have a limb that is too long
Literally: to be stretched; hence: state in which humans or animals have a limb that is relatively long in size
ExamplesLeviticus 21:18 ‘For no one who has an impairment shall approach: a man who is blind, or one who limps, or one who has a slit nose, or one with any conspicuous feature,
Leviticus 22:23 ‘Now as for an ox or a lamb which has an overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.
How it’s used In 2 roles
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Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- שָׁטַח shâṭach · H7849 · to spread out, to scatter, to expand
- Both denote physical extension or spreading, with the shared sense of stretching out.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Stance002001001061
- This verb denotes stretching out the body, as in Isaiah 28:20's proverb that the bed is too short on which to stretch out.
- Large002001001037
- The verb also denotes a bodily part that is overgrown or enlarged, as in Leviticus 22:23's rule concerning an ox or lamb with an overgrown or stunted member.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8311. sara [שָׂרַע] verb extend (Arabic point directly at, also enter upon a path…
[שָׂרַע] verb extend (Arabic point directly at, also enter upon a path (Frä213 thinks originally divide, then stretch out, make straight), projecting roof, long-nosed (torto naso ᵑ9Lev 21:18); Ethiopic dispose, arrange; Sabean שרע arrangement, security HomChr 124; — but Aramaic explanation as mutilated Lev 21:18; Lev 22:23 PS2744, compare ᵐ5 ὠτότμητος); —
Qal Passive participle שָׂרוּעַ extended, i.e. too long (in a limb or member), of man Lev 21:18, beast Lev 22:23 (see II. חרם).
Hithpa`el stretch oneself: Infinitive construct הִשְׂתָּרֵעַ Isa 28:20 (see מַצַּע p. 427:a).
שַׂרְעַמִּים see below שׂעף.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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