שָׂגַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7682

be high — used 20 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be high tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂגַב: vb. high tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be (inaccessibly) high (cf. 𝔗 שְׂגַב Pa. [from Heb.] exalt);— Pf. 3 fs. שָֽׂגְבָה Dt 2:36, of city, c. מִן, be (too) high for capture. 3 mpl. שָֽׂגְבוּ Jb 5:11 of pers., be high in prosperity. Pf. 3 ms. נִשְׂגַּב Is 2:11, 17; נִשְׂגָּ֑ב Pr 18:10; 3 fs. נִשְׂגְּבָה ψ 139:6; Pt. נִשְׂגָּב Is 12:4 +; fs. נִשְׂגָּבָה Is 26:5; +;— be high, walls Is 30:13; Pr 18:11; city Is 26:5; God’s knowledge ψ 139:6 (unattainable). be (safely) set on high, Pr 18:10. be exalted, of God Is 2:11, 17; 33:5; his name 12:4 ψ 148:13. Impf. 3 ms. יְשַׂגֵּב Is 9:10 ψ 107:41; sf. יְשַׂגֶּבְךָ 20:2, etc.;—trans. c. acc.: set (securely) on high, ψ 20:2; 69:30; 91:14; c. מִן, of foe 59:2, affliction 107:41. exalt, in effective hostility, c. עַל, Is 9:10. Impf. 3 ms. יְשֻׂגָּ֑ב Pr 29:25 be set (securely) on high. Impf. 3 ms. יַשְׂגִּיב Jb 36:22 God acts exaltedly בְּכֹחוֹ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [is] exalted (3); may (3); he set on high (2).

In the verses

Job 5:11 · tree →

לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃

Word for word: to set lowly.[people] to a.high.place and mourners they.are.high safety

JPS 1917: So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

Psalms 139:6 · tree →

פְּלִ֣יאָֽה דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃

Word for word: [is.too].wonderful knowledge for me it.is.set.on.high not I.am.able to it

JPS 1917: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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