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title: סוֹא — So · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סוֹא (5471), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: So. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סוֹא

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«סוֹא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **So** — 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:** 5471 · **BDB:** סוֹא

### Glosses

So (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

So [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5471/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5471/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (𝔊 Σηγωρ, A Σωα, 𝔊L Αδραμελεχ τὸν Αἰθίοπα τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ (!); JosAnt. ix, 14, 1 Σωαν; 𝔙 Sua; all acc.), called מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם 2 K 17:4, with whom Hoshea had intrigue; poss. = Šab-ʾ-ê, or Sib-ʾ-ê mentioned by Sargon (KB ii. 54, 1. 25, 26 COTad loc.) as a ruler (appar.) under Pirʾu of Muṣuri; hence SchrCOT l.c. proposes to read סֶוֶא, and, further identif. Šab-ʾ-ê = סֶוֶא with Šabaku, founder of 25th (Ethiop.) dynasty, cf. WiedÄg. Gesch. 583 f.; very uncertain is Wkl’s conj. of סוא = Sib-ʾ-ê as gneral of kg. Pirʾu of Muṣri in N Arabic (WklMVG 1898, 3 ff.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «סוֹא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5471/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 17:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.17.4/)

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וַיִּמְצָא֩ מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֨וּר בְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַ קֶ֗שֶׁר אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכִים֙ אֶל־ס֣וֹא מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם וְלֹא־הֶעֱלָ֥ה מִנְחָ֛ה לְמֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר כְּשָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֑ה וַֽיַּעַצְרֵ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא׃

*Word for word:* and he.found the.king of.Assyria in Hoshea treason that he.had.sent messengers to So the.king of.Egypt and not he.had.brought.up tribute to the.king of.Assyria as a.year in a.year and he arrested.him the.king of.Assyria and he confined.him a.house of.imprisonment

*JPS 1917:* And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

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