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title: סוֹד — council · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סוֹד (5475), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: council. BDB 1906: council, counsel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סוֹד

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«סוֹד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **council** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 5475 · **BDB:** סוֹד

### Glosses

council (4); counsel (4); secret.counsel (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

council [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5475/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

council, counsel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5475/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] council, counsel;—ס׳ abs. Pr 11:13 +; cstr. Je 6:11 +; sf. סוֹדִי Je 23:22 Jb 19:19; סוֹדוֹ Am 3:7 Pr 3:32; סֹדָם Gn 49:6;— council, in familiar conversation;— divan or circle of familiar friends, ס׳ בַּחוּרִים Je 6:11, ס׳ משׂחקים 15:17; מְתֵי סוֹדִי Jb 19:19 men of my intimate circle; (י׳) עמד בסוד Je 23:18, 22 in the intimate circle of י׳; בסוד אלוה Jb 15:8; in bad sense, ס׳ מְרֵעִים ψ 64:3. assembly, company, ס׳ יְשָׁרִים ψ 111:1 (‖ עֵדָה); סוֹד עמי Ez 13:9; ס׳ קדשׁים ψ 89:8 (of angels); in bad sense, בסוד בא Gn 49:6 (‖ קהל). counsel, taken by those in familiar conversation: counsel itself, מחשׁבות באין סוד Pr 15:22 thoughts without counsel; of intimate friendship, ψ 55:15 נַמְתִּיק סוֹד; in bad sense, of crafty plotting 83:4 יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד. secret counsel, which may be revealed (גלה), Am 3:7 Pr 11:13; 20:19; 25:9. familiar converse with God, intimacy, ס׳ י׳ ליראיו ψ 25:14 intimacy with י׳ have those who fear him (‖ ברית), את־ישׁרים סודוֹ Pr 3:32 with the upright is his intimacy; here also Jb 29:4 (si vera l.) Di De al.; Siegf Du cf. Buhl Lex בְּסֹךְ when Eloah sheltered my tent.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סוֹד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5475/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 64:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.64.3/)

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תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי מִסּ֣וֹד מְרֵעִ֑ים מֵ֝רִגְשַׁ֗ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

*Word for word:* you will.hide.me from.\[the\] secret.counsel of.evil-doers from.\[the\] unrest of.\[those.who\].do (of).wickedness

*JPS 1917:* Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

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[Proverbs 3:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.32/)

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כִּ֤י תוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה נָל֑וֹז וְֽאֶת־יְשָׁרִ֥ים סוֹדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].(the).abomination of.Yahweh \[one.who.is\].crooked and.\[is\] with upright.\[people\] intimacy his

*JPS 1917:* For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD; but His counsel is with the upright.

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