סֹהַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5470

roundness — used 8 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

roundness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סֹ֫הַר: roundness tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] roundness (?);—only in בֵּית הַסּ׳ Gn 39:20(×2), 21, 22, 23 (all J), 40:3, 5 (RJ), the round house (name of a prison: but ס׳ perhaps an Egyptian word Hebraized, cf. Dr in HastingsDB ii. 768 n. and EbÄgM 318f.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the prison (8).

In the verses

Genesis 40:3 · tree →

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֹתָ֜ם בְּמִשְׁמַ֗ר בֵּ֛ית שַׂ֥ר הַטַבָּחִ֖יםאֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַסֹּ֑הַר מְק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹסֵ֖ף אָס֥וּר שָֽׁם׃

Word for word: and he.put them in the.custody of.the.house of.the.commander of the.bodyguards into the.house of the.prison the.place (of).where Joseph [was].imprisoned there

JPS 1917: And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

Genesis 39:21 · tree →

וַיְהִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיֵּ֥ט אֵלָ֖יו חָ֑סֶד וַיִּתֵּ֣ן חִנּ֔וֹ בְּעֵינֵ֖י שַׂ֥ר בֵּית־הַסֹּֽהַר׃

Word for word: and he.was Yahweh with Joseph and he.extended to him covenant.loyalty and he.gave favor his in the.eyes of.the.commander of.the.house of the.prison

JPS 1917: But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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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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