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title: סְאָה — sᵉ’āh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְאָה (5429), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: sᵉ’āh. BDB 1906: n.f. se’āh. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְאָה

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«סְאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sᵉ’āh** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 5429 · **BDB:** סְאָה

### Glosses

a.seah (3); two.seahs (3); seahs (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sᵉ’āh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5429/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. se’āh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5429/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (v. infr.) se’āh, a measure of flour, grain, etc. (√ unknown; perhaps foreign word; NH id.; Aramaic סְאָה, סָאתָא, ܣܳܐܴܐ, ܣܶܐܴܐ, ܣܰܐܬܳܐ (Gk. σάτον, LewyFremdwörter 116 f.));—abs. סְאָה־ 2 K 7:1, 16, וּסֳאָה־ v 18 (Baer Ginsb cf. Ges§ 10 h); du. סָאתַיִם 1 K 18:32 + 3 times; pl. סְאִים Gn 18:6; 1 S 25:18;—always c. appos. of thing measured, Gn 18:6 (J), 1 S 25:18 1 K 18:32; 2 K 7:1(×2), 16(×2), 18(×2) (where appar. masc., perhaps after anal. of other measures of capacity, הִין, חֹמֶר, כֹּר, etc., AlbrechtZAW xvi (1896), 95);—סַאסְּאָה Is 27:8 v. סאסא.—On size of seʾāh = 1/3 ephah, = 12.148 litres (= 10.696 qts.), v. NowArch. i. 203 BenzArch. 183.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5429/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 18:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.6/)

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וַיְמַהֵ֧ר אַבְרָהָ֛ם הָאֹ֖הֱלָה אֶל־שָׂרָ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מַהֲרִ֞י שְׁלֹ֤שׁ סְאִים֙ קֶ֣מַח סֹ֔לֶת ל֖וּשִׁי וַעֲשִׂ֥י עֻגֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.hurried Abraham to the tent to Sarah and he.said bring.quickly three seahs flour fine.flour knead.\[it\] and make bread.cakes

*JPS 1917:* And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: 'Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.'

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[1 Kings 18:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.32/)

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וַיִּבְנֶ֧ה אֶת־הָאֲבָנִ֛ים מִזְבֵּ֖חַ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וַיַּ֣עַשׂ תְּעָלָ֗ה כְּבֵית֙ סָאתַ֣יִם זֶ֔רַע סָבִ֖יב לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* and he.built (et) the stones an.altar in the.name of.Yahweh and he.made a.trench like a.receptacle of.two.seahs seed around (to) the altar

*JPS 1917:* And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

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