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title: סוּג — fence about · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סוּג (5473), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: fence about. BDB 1906: vb. fence about. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סוּג

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«סוּג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fence about** — 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:** 5473 · **BDB:** סוּג²

### Glosses

\[which.is\].fenced.around (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fence about [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5473/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. fence about [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5473/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. fence about (Aramaic word; ܣܘܓ, ܣܳܓ sepsit, circumsepsit, clausit, ܣܝܳܓܳܐ sepes, cf. 𝔗 סיג Pa. fence about, סְיָיגָא fence; NH סוג fence about; Arabic سَيَاجٌ enclosure made with thorns, etc., around grape-vines, etc. Lane1460, سوّج ii. make a سِيَاجٌ );—only Pt. pass. f. בִּטְנֵךְ עֲרֵמַת חִטִּים סוּגָה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים Ct 7:3 thy body a heap of wheat fenced about with lilies (cf. especially De Bu). intens. Impf. 2 fs. תְּשַׂגְֿשֵׂ֑גִי Is 17:11 thou dost fence it carefully about (\> make it grow, as if שׂוג = שׂגה, AE Ki Brd Du).

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סוּג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5473/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.3/)

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שָׁרְרֵךְ֙ אַגַּ֣ן הַסַּ֔הַר אַל־יֶחְסַ֖ר הַמָּ֑זֶג בִּטְנֵךְ֙ עֲרֵמַ֣ת חִטִּ֔ים סוּגָ֖ה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* navel your \[is\].(the).bowl of.(the) roundness not may.it.lack (the).mixed wine belly your \[is\].a.heap of.wheat(s) \[which.is\].fenced.around with (the) lilies

*JPS 1917:* Thy navel is like a round goblet, wherein no mingled wine is wanting; thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

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