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title: שְׂגָא — grow great · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׂגָא (lemma:שְׂגָא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: grow great. BDB 1906: vb. grow great. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂגָא

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«שְׂגָא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **grow great** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׂגָא · **BDB:** שְׂגָא

### Glosses

may.it.increase (2); will.it.grow.great (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grow great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d2_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. grow great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d2_5b8_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grow great (𝔗 ס׳, Syriac ܣܐ; v. BH שׂנא (Aramaism in Job));— Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂגֵּא, of injury Ezr 4:22; שְׁלָֽמְכוֹן יִשְׂ׳ Dn 3:31; 6:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂגָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d2_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.22/)

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וּזְהִירִ֥ין הֱו֛וֹ שָׁל֖וּ לְמֶעְבַּ֣ד עַל־דְּנָ֑ה לְמָה֙ יִשְׂגֵּ֣א חֲבָלָ֔א לְהַנְזָקַ֖ת מַלְכִֽין׃ס

*Word for word:* and cautious be negligence to do concerning this why? will.it.grow.great the damage to injury kings

*JPS 1917:* And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?'

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[Daniel 3:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.31/)

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נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א לְֽכָל־עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א אֻמַיָּ֧א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א דִּֽי־דָיְרִ֥ין בְּכָל־אַרְעָ֖א שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹן יִשְׂגֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples the nations and the languages which \[are\].dwelling in all the earth peace your may.it.increase

*JPS 1917:* 'Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; peace be multiplied unto you.

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