שָׂרַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8311

extend — used 3 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

extend tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂרַע: vb. extend tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. extend (Arabic شَرَعَ point directly at, also enter upon a path (Frä213 thinks orig. divide, then stretch out, make straight), شَرَعَةٌ projecting roof, أَسْرَعُ long-nosed (torto naso 𝔙 Lv 21:18); Ethiopic ሠርዐ: dispose, arrange; Sab. שרע arrangement, security HomChr 124;—but Aramaic ܣܪܺܝܥ expl. as mutilated Lv 21:18; 22:23 PS2744, cf. 𝔊 ὠτότμητος);— Pt. pass. שָׂרוּעַ extended, i.e. too long (in a limb or member), of man Lv 21:18, beast 22:23 (v. II. חרם). stretch oneself: Inf. cstr. הִשְׂתָּרֵעַ Is 28:20 (v מַצַּע p. 427a).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: having something enlarged (2); stretching oneself (1).

In the verses

Isaiah 28:20 · tree →

כִּֽי־קָצַ֥ר הַמַּצָּ֖ע מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה צָ֖רָה כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃

Word for word: (dm) it.is.[too].short the bed for stretching.oneself and the.woven stuff it.is.narrow just as.wraps.oneself.up

JPS 1917: For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.

Leviticus 22:23 · tree →

וְשׁ֥וֹר וָשֶׂ֖ה שָׂר֣וּעַ וְקָל֑וּט נְדָבָה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ וּלְנֵ֖דֶר לֹ֥א יֵרָצֶֽה׃

Word for word: and an.ox and a.sheep having.something.enlarged and having.something.stunted a.freewill.offering you.will.offer it and for a.vow not it.will.be.accepted

JPS 1917: Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing too long or too short, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

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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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