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title: סַר — stubborn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַר (5620), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: stubborn. BDB 1906: adj. stubborn, resentful, sullen, implacable Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַר

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«סַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stubborn** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5620 · **BDB:** סַר²

### Glosses

sullen (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stubborn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5620/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. stubborn, resentful, sullen, implacable Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5620/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. stubborn, resentful, sullen, implacable;—סַר וְזָעֵף 1 K 20:43; 21:4; f. מַה־זֶּה רוּחֲךָ סָרָ֫ה v 5 why then is thy spirit sullen? poss. also pl. cstr. סָרֵי סוֹרְרִים Je 6:28 revolters (stubborn ones) among, etc. (v. supr. and סור Qal ad fin.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5620/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 20:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.43/)

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וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עַל־בֵּית֖וֹ סַ֣ר וְזָעֵ֑ף וַיָּבֹ֖א שֹׁמְרֽוֹנָה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.went the.king of.Israel to house his sullen and furious and he.went to Samaria

*JPS 1917:* And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.

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[1 Kings 21:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.21.5/)

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וַתָּבֹ֥א אֵלָ֖יו אִיזֶ֣בֶל אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֗יו מַה־זֶּה֙ רוּחֲךָ֣ סָרָ֔ה וְאֵינְךָ֖ אֹכֵ֥ל לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* and she.came to him Jezebel wife his and she.spoke to him why? this spirit \[is\].your sullen and not you \[are\].eating food

*JPS 1917:* But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him: 'Why is thy spirit so sullen, that thou eatest no bread?'

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