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title: סִיג — a moving back · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִיג (5509), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: a moving back. BDB 1906: moving back away dross. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִיג

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«סִיג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a moving back** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 5509 · **BDB:** סִיג

### Glosses

dross(es) (6); dross (1); of.dross(es) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a moving back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5509/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

moving back away dross [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5509/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] 1. a moving back or away; 2. dross (what is removed from metal);—abs. סִיג Ez 22:18 Qr (סוג Kt), שִׂיג 1 K 18:27 (שׂ for ס, but v. infr.); pl. סִיגִים (van d. H. סִגִּים) Is 1:22 + 3 times; סִגִֿים Ez 22:18 + 2 times; sf. סִינָ֑יִךָ Is 1:25;— a moving back, away: שִׂיג לוֹ 1 K 18:27 om. 𝔊L, dittogr. for שִׂיחַ Klo Bur. there is a moving back to him = he has moved back, away (proposes of temporary withdrawal, diff. from דֶּרֶךְ journey). dross, usually of silver Pr 25:4 (מִכָּ֑סֶף), 26:23 (כֶּסֶף ס׳), so (fig. of Isr.) Is 1:22 cf. v 25, Ez 22:18b (סִיגִים כֶּסֶף MT, בְּתוֹךְ כ׳ ס׳ 𝔊 Co Berthol;—Co del. ס׳, not so Berthol Toy), cf. v 18a. 19; indef. ψ 119:119.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 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 «סִיג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5509/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.119/)

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סִגִ֗ים הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ כָל־רִשְׁעֵי־אָ֑רֶץ לָ֝כֵ֗ן אָהַ֥בְתִּי עֵדֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* dross(es) you.cause.to.cease all \[the\].wicked.\[people\] of.\[the\].earth therefore I.love testimonies your

*JPS 1917:* Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love Thy testimonies.

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[Proverbs 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.4/)

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הָג֣וֹ סִיגִ֣ים מִכָּ֑סֶף וַיֵּצֵ֖א לַצֹּרֵ֣ף כֶּֽלִי׃

*Word for word:* remove dross(es) from silver and it.came.out for the metalsmith a.vessel

*JPS 1917:* Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner;

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