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title: סֵאסֵא — by driving her · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֵאסֵא (5432), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: by driving her. BDB 1906: n.f. se’āh. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֵאסֵא

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«סֵאסֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **by driving her** — 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:** 5432 · **BDB:** סְאָה

### Glosses

startling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

by driving her [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5432/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. se’āh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5432/#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: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֵאסֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5432/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 27:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.27.8/)

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בְּסַּאסְּאָ֖הבְּשַׁלְחָ֣הּ תְּרִיבֶ֑נָּה הָגָ֛ה בְּרוּח֥וֹ הַקָּשָׁ֖ה בְּי֥וֹם קָדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* by startling by sending it.away you will.conduct.a.case.with.it he.removed by wind his (the) fierce in.\[the\] day of.\[the\].east.wind

*JPS 1917:* In full measure, when Thou sendest her away, Thou dost contend with her; He hath removed her with His rough blast in the day of the east wind.

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