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title: סָעַד — support · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָעַד (5582), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: support. BDB 1906: vb. support, sustain, stay. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָעַד

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«סָעַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **support** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 5582 · **BDB:** סָעַד

### Glosses

sustain (5); it (2); he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

support [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5582/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. support, sustain, stay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5582/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. support, sustain, stay (NH id., especially take a meal; Aramaic סְעַד support, stay; Zinj. סעד strengthen Lzb 330, support, perhaps feed Cook85; ChrPalAramaic n. ܣܥܕܘܢܐ aid, SchwallyIdiot. 64; Arabic سَعِدَ, سُعِدَ iii, iv. aid, assist, Lane 1360, سَاعِدٌ forearm Id 1362; Sab. סעד DHM Südar. Alt. p. 16);— Pf. 3 ms. וְסָעַד consec. Pr 20:28; Impf. 3 ms. יִסְעָ֑ד 3 fs. sf. תִּסְעָדֵ֫נִי ψ 18:36, read also in ‖ 2 S 22:36, etc.; Imv. ms. סְעָד Ju 19:5 (on—ָ prob. ŏ, by error, v. Köi 261 f. GFMad loc.), סְעָד־נָא v 8 (cf. id.), וּסֳעָ֑דָה 1 K 13:7; sf. סְעָדֵנִי ψ 119:117; Inf. cstr. sf. וּלְסַעֲדָהּ Is 9:6;—support, sustain, always fig.: sustain, stay, the heart (cf. לֵבָב 8, לֵב 8), with food Gn 18:5 (J), Ju 19:5 (c. 2 acc.), v 8, ψ 104:15; obj. om. 1 K 13:7. support throne (subj. kg.) Pr 20:28, coming ruler Is 9:6. support, uphold c. acc. pers. (subj. י׳, his hand etc.) ψ 18:36 + ‖ 2 S 22:36 (v supr.), ψ 20:3; 41:4; 94:18; 119:117.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (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 «סָעַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5582/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 20:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.20.3/)

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יִשְׁלַֽח־עֶזְרְךָ֥ מִקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וּ֝מִצִּיּ֗וֹן יִסְעָדֶֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* may.he.send help your from.\[the\] sanctuary and from Zion may he.support.you

*JPS 1917:* Send forth thy help from the sanctuary, and support thee out of Zion;

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[Psalms 94:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.18/)

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אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי מָ֣טָה רַגְלִ֑י חַסְדְּךָ֥ יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִסְעָדֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* if I.said it.has.slipped foot my loyalty your.covenant O.Yahweh it supported.me

*JPS 1917:* If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.

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