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title: סְגֻלָּה — possession · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְגֻלָּה (5459), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: possession. BDB 1906: n.f. possession, property. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְגֻלָּה

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«סְגֻלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **possession** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 5459 · **BDB:** סְגֻלָּה

### Glosses

of.possession (3); a.possession (2); treasure (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5459/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. possession, property [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5459/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. possession, property (on format. v. BaNB § 95 b Köii. 1, 168);—abs. ס׳ Ex 19:5 + 5 times; cstr. סְגֻלַּת Ec 2:8; sf. סְגֻלָּתוֹ ψ 135:4;— valued property, peculiar treasure, which י׳ has chosen (בחר) and taken to himself; always of people of Israel, first Ex 19:5 (E; 𝔊 λαὸς περιούσιος = Tit 2:14; 1 Pet 2:9 λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν = περιποίησις Eph 1:14 cf. BrMP 102; MA 52, 235); then עַם ס׳ Dt 7:6; 14:2; 26:18; later ס׳ alone, Mal 3:17 ψ 135:4. treasure (very late), of kings 1 Ch 29:3 (gold and silver), Ec 2:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְגֻלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5459/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 135:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.135.4/)

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כִּֽי־יַעֲקֹ֗ב בָּחַ֣ר ל֣וֹ יָ֑הּ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) Jacob he.has.chosen for himself Yahweh Israel to possession his

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His own treasure.

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[Deuteronomy 26:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.26.18/)

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וַֽיהוָ֞ה הֶאֱמִֽירְךָ֣ הַיּ֗וֹם לִהְי֥וֹת לוֹ֙ לְעַ֣ם סְגֻלָּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לָ֑ךְ וְלִשְׁמֹ֖ר כָּל־מִצְוֺתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and Yahweh he has.declared.you this day to become for him (into).a people of.possession just as he.spoke to you and to keep all commandments his

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments;

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