סוֹא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5471

So — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

So tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סוֹא: n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. (𝔊 Σηγωρ, A Σωα, 𝔊L Αδραμελεχ τὸν Αἰθίοπα τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ (!); JosAnt. ix, 14, 1 Σωαν; 𝔙 Sua; all acc.), called מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם 2 K 17:4, with whom Hoshea had intrigue; poss. = Šab-ʾ-ê, or Sib-ʾ-ê mentioned by Sargon (KB ii. 54, 1. 25, 26 COTad loc.) as a ruler (appar.) under Pirʾu of Muṣuri; hence SchrCOT l.c. proposes to read סֶוֶא, and, further identif. Šab-ʾ-ê = סֶוֶא with Šabaku, founder of 25th (Ethiop.) dynasty, cf. WiedÄg. Gesch. 583 f.; very uncertain is Wkl’s conj. of סוא = Sib-ʾ-ê as gneral of kg. Pirʾu of Muṣri in N Arabic (WklMVG 1898, 3 ff.).

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

In the verses

2 Kings 17:4 · tree →

וַיִּמְצָא֩ מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֨וּר בְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַ קֶ֗שֶׁר אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכִים֙ אֶל־ס֣וֹא מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם וְלֹא־הֶעֱלָ֥ה מִנְחָ֛ה לְמֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר כְּשָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֑ה וַֽיַּעַצְרֵ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא׃

Word for word: and he.found the.king of.Assyria in Hoshea treason that he.had.sent messengers to So the.king of.Egypt and not he.had.brought.up tribute to the.king of.Assyria as a.year in a.year and he arrested.him the.king of.Assyria and he confined.him a.house of.imprisonment

JPS 1917: And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in 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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