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title: סִיר — pot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִיר (5518), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 29 times: pot. BDB 1906: n.m. pot. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִיר

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«סִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pot** — 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:** 29 times · **Key:** 5518 · **BDB:** סִיר

### Glosses

pot (12); pots (11); \[is\].the.pot (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5518/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5518/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 1:13 et f. 2 K 4:38 pot (probably foreign wd. (Egyptian?), Arabic زِيرٌ a large water-jar Lane1276 is perhaps loan-wd.; on Gk. deriv. σιρός, σίρινος, v. LewyFremdw. 107);—ס׳ abs. 2 K 4:38 +, cstr. Ex 16:3 +; pl. סִירֹת 38:3, סִירוֹת 1 K 7:45 +; sf. סִירֹתָיו Ex 27:3, סִירֹתֵיכֶם ψ 58:10;—pot: household utensil for boiling 2 K 4:38, 39, 40, 41(×2), ס׳ הַבָּשָׂר Ex 16:3 (P), Zc 14:21; ס׳ נָפוּחָ Je 1:13 (cf. נפח; in vision), symbol. of Jerus. Ez 11:3, 7, 11; 24:3, 6; fig. also ψ 58:10 (cf. Che); in sim. Mi 3:3 Jb 41:23 Ec 7:6. ס׳ רַחְצִי ψ 60:10 my washing-pot, 108:10. pots used in sanctuary, Ex 27:3; 38:3 (both P), 1 K 7:40 (read סִירוֹת for MT כִּיֹּרוֹת, so Codd. of ℌ 𝔊 𝔙 Th Ke Klo Kmp Benz), v 45 = 2 Ch 4:11, 16, 2 K 25:14 = Je 52:18, also Je 52:19 2 Ch 35:13 Zc 14:20.—Here belongs prob. סִרָה in בּוֹר הַסִּרָה, v. p. 92 b.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5518/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.23/)

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יַרְתִּ֣יחַ כַּסִּ֣יר מְצוּלָ֑ה יָ֝֗ם יָשִׂ֥ים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.makes.boil like (the) pot \[the\].deep \[the\].sea it.makes like.(the) pot of.ointment

*JPS 1917:* He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.

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[Psalms 58:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.10/)

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בְּטֶ֤רֶם יָבִ֣ינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמוֹ־חַ֥י כְּמוֹ־חָ֝ר֗וֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* before they.will.perceive pots your a.thorn.bush like alive like burning he will.sweep.it.away

*JPS 1917:* Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.

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