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title: סֵעֵף — divided · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֵעֵף (5588), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: divided. BDB 1906: adj. divided, half-hearted. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֵעֵף

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«סֵעֵף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **divided** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5588 · **BDB:** סֵעֵף²

### Glosses

half-hearted.people (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

divided [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5588/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. divided, half-hearted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5588/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Köii.106) adj. divided, half-hearted;—pl. abs. as subst., in religious sense, סֵעֲפִים שָׂנֵאתִי ψ Ps 119:113 half-hearted ones do I hate.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «סֵעֵף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5588/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.113/)

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סֵעֲפִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* half-hearted.people I.hate and law your I.love

*JPS 1917:* I hate them that are of a double mind; but Thy law do I love.

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