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title: סָחַב — drag · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָחַב (5498), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: drag. BDB 1906: vb. drag Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָחַב

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«סָחַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **drag** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5498 · **BDB:** סָחַב

### Glosses

people (2); drag.away (1); people.will.drag.\[him\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drag [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5498/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. drag Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5498/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. drag (Impf. consec. 1 s. ואסחב MI 18, sf. ואסחבה Ib 12:13; Ph. סחב Lzb 328; Arabic سَحَبَ, Ethiopic ሰሐበ );— Pf. 1 pl. וְסָחַ֫בְנוּ consec. 2 S 17:13; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִסְחָבוּם Je 49:20; 50:45; Inf. abs. סָחוֹב Je 22:19; cstr. לִסְחֹב Je 15:3;—drag, a city עַד־הַנַּחַל 2 S 17:13, corpses Je 15:3; 22:7–9, captives, under fig. of sheep dragged off by wild beast 49:20 = 50:45 (𝔊 pass., whence Schwally Gie suppose a Niph. יִסָּחֲבוּ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «סָחַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5498/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 22:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.22.19/)

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קְבוּרַ֥ת חֲמ֖וֹר יִקָּבֵ֑ר סָח֣וֹב וְהַשְׁלֵ֔ךְ מֵהָ֖לְאָה לְשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* \[the\].burial of.a.donkey he.will.be.buried people.will.drag.\[him\] and people.will.throw.\[him\].out from beyond (to).the gates of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

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[2 Samuel 17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.13/)

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וְאִם־אֶל־עִיר֙ יֵֽאָסֵ֔ף וְהִשִּׂ֧יאוּ כָֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־הָעִ֥יר הַהִ֖יא חֲבָלִ֑ים וְסָחַ֤בְנוּ אֹתוֹ֙ עַד־הַנַּ֔חַל עַ֛ד אֲשֶֽׁר־לֹא־נִמְצָ֥א שָׁ֖ם גַּם־צְרֽוֹר׃פ

*Word for word:* and if into a.city he.will.be.gathered and they.will.cause.to.bring all Israel to the city (the) that ropes and we.will.drag him to the wadi until that not it.has.been.found there also a.pebble

*JPS 1917:* Moreover, if he withdraw himself into a city, then shall all Israel bring up ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the valley until there be not one small stone found there.'

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