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title: סֹהַר — roundness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֹהַר (5470), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: roundness. BDB 1906: roundness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֹהַר

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«סֹהַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **roundness** — 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:** 5470 · **BDB:** סֹ֫הַר

### Glosses

the.prison (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roundness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5470/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

roundness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5470/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] roundness (?);—only in בֵּית הַסּ׳ Gn 39:20(×2), 21, 22, 23 (all J), 40:3, 5 (RJ), the round house (name of a prison: but ס׳ perhaps an Egyptian word Hebraized, cf. Dr in HastingsDB ii. 768 n. and EbÄgM 318f.).

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֹהַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5470/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 40:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.40.3/)

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וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֹתָ֜ם בְּמִשְׁמַ֗ר בֵּ֛ית שַׂ֥ר הַטַבָּחִ֖יםאֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַסֹּ֑הַר מְק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹסֵ֖ף אָס֥וּר שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and he.put them in the.custody of.the.house of.the.commander of the.bodyguards into the.house of the.prison the.place (of).where Joseph \[was\].imprisoned there

*JPS 1917:* And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

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[Genesis 39:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.21/)

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וַיְהִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיֵּ֥ט אֵלָ֖יו חָ֑סֶד וַיִּתֵּ֣ן חִנּ֔וֹ בְּעֵינֵ֖י שַׂ֥ר בֵּית־הַסֹּֽהַר׃

*Word for word:* and he.was Yahweh with Joseph and he.extended to him covenant.loyalty and he.gave favor his in the.eyes of.the.commander of.the.house of the.prison

*JPS 1917:* But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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