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title: סְעַד — support · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: סְעַד (lemma:סְעַד), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: support. BDB 1906: vb. support, sustain. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְעַד

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«סְעַד» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **support** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:סְעַד · **BDB:** סְעַד

### Glosses

supporting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

support [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5e2_5b7_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. support, sustain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5e2_5b7_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. support, sustain (𝔗 Zinj.; v. BH);—Pt. act. pl. מְסַעֲדִין לְהוֹן Ezr 5:2.

### Jastrow 1903

סְעַד: to assist, help Pa to dine, eat to satiate to support, help to be supported [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5e2_5b7_5d3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** to assist, help. Targ. I Sam. VII, 12 (ed. Wil. Pa.).—Targ. Gen. XXVII, 37 (h. text סמך); a. fr.—Lam. R. to II, 2 לא נִסְעוֹד וכ׳, v. סְכַף. (with or without לִיבָּא) to dine, eat. Targ. Jud. XIX, 5. Targ. Ps. XIV, 4.—Gitt. 67ᵇ מאי טעמא לא סָעֵיד מר גבן why will you not dine with us? to satiate, contrad. to זון and to גרר. Ber. 35ᵇ חמרא סָעֵיד wine satisfies; נהמא מִיסְעַד סעיד וכ׳ bread satisfies but does not exhilarate; a. e. to support, help. Targ. II Chr. XXVIII, 23. Targ. Y. Ex. XVII, 12. to be supported. Targ. Is. V, 6.

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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, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְעַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5e2_5b7_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.2/)

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בֵּאדַ֡יִן קָ֠מוּ זְרֻבָּבֶ֤ל בַּר־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל֙ וְיֵשׁ֣וּעַ בַּר־יֽוֹצָדָ֔ק וְשָׁרִ֣יו לְמִבְנֵ֔א בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירֽוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וְעִמְּה֛וֹן נְבִיַּיָּ֥א דִֽי־אֱלָהָ֖א מְסָעֲדִ֥ין לְהֽוֹן׃פ

*Word for word:* then they.arose Zerubbabel the.son of.Shealtiel and Jeshua the.son of.Jozadak and they.began to build the.house of.(the) God which \[is\].in Jerusalem and.\[were\] with them the prophets (diy).of (the) God supporting (et) them

*JPS 1917:* Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.

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