--- title: סָחַר — go around · The Tanakh dictionary description: סָחַר (5503), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: go around. BDB 1906: vb. go around, about, travel about in Peʿalʿal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5503.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1505.md)‎ / סָחַר‎ # סָחַר «סָחַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **go around** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 21 times · **Key:** 5503 · **BDB:** סָחַר ### Glosses traders (6); \[was\].your (3); the.traders (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) go around [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5503/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. go around, about, travel about in Peʿalʿal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5503/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. go around, about, travel about in (NH id., go about as merchant, pedlar, perhaps denom. from סוֹחֵר (Jastr); 𝔗 סְחַר, אַסְחַר 4 PS2593 (rare), especially Chr Pal. Aramaic v. SchwallyIdiot. 61 f.; Assyrian saḫâru, turn, surround, Tel Am. return WklTA Gloss.; 𝔗 surround (often), and deriv.; Arabic سَخَرَ is mock at, deride);— Pf. 3 pl. סָֽחֲרוּ Je 14:18; Impf. 3 mpl. יִסְחֲרוּ Gn 34:21; 2 mpl. תִּסְחָ֑רוּ Gn 42:34; Imv. mpl. sf. סְחָרוּהָ Gn 34:10; Pt. סֹחֵר Gn 23:16, סוֹחֵר Pr 31:14; cstr. סֹחֵר Is 23:2; fs. sf. סֹחַרְתֵּךְ Ez 27:12, 16, 18 + סֹחֲרֹתַיִךְ v 15 (v. infr.); mpl. סֹחֲרִים Gn 37:28 + 2 times; cstr. סֹחֲרֵי 1 K 10:28 + 3 times; sf. סֹחֲרַיִךְ Is 47:15, -רָ֑יִךְ Ez 27:21, -רֶיהָ Is 23:8;— go about, to and fro (i.e. go about one’s affairs, carry on one’s business) in, c. acc. אֶרֶץ Gn 42:34 (E), 34:10, 21 (P); c. אֶל־אֶרֶץ Je 14:18, but dub., 𝔊 Gf Hi Or CoHpt RothstKau journey unto a land which they have not known. Pt. = subst. a trafficker, trader (who goes about with wares, etc.) Gn 23:16 (P), 37:28 (E), Is 23:2, 8; 47:15 1 K 10:28 = 2 Ch 1:16, Ez 27:21(×2), 36; 38:13; + תָּרִים 2 Ch 9:14; f., of a city or country, Ez 27:12, 16, 18; also in v 15 read סֹחֲרֹתַיִךְ for MT (ידך) סְחֹרַת Sm Co Berthol Toy. Peʿalʿal. Pf. 3 ms. לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר ψ 38:11 (Ges§ 55 e) my heart palpitates (+ עֲזָבַנִי כֹחִי). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «סָחַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5503/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 31:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.14/) הָ֭יְתָה כָּאֳנִיּ֣וֹת סוֹחֵ֑ר מִ֝מֶּרְחָ֗ק תָּבִ֥יא לַחְמָֽהּ׃ *Word for word:* she.is like.\[the\] ships of.a.trader from a.distance she.brings food her *JPS 1917:* She is like the merchant-ships; she bringeth her food from afar. [Isaiah 23:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.23.2/) דֹּ֖מּוּ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי אִ֑י סֹחֵ֥ר צִיד֛וֹן עֹבֵ֥ר יָ֖ם מִלְאֽוּךְ׃ *Word for word:* be.silent O.inhabitants of.\[the\].coastland O.trader of.Sidon \[one.who\].passes.over \[the\].sea they have.filled.you *JPS 1917:* Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast-land; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. - ← previous: [סָחַף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5502.md) - next →: [סַחַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5504.md) - ↑ back to [ס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1505.md)