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title: סָרָב — rebel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָרָב (5621), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: rebel. BDB 1906: n.m. rebel. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָרָב

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«סָרָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rebel** — 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:** 5621 · **BDB:** סָרָב

### Glosses

nettles (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5621/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rebel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5621/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. rebel? according to Thes al. (prob. Aramaic loan-word, cf. Aramaic ܣܪܰܒ contradict, chatter, prattle, tell lies; Pa. סְרַב and NH Pi. סֵרֵב = BH; cf. סרב Ecclus 41:2d loving contradiction);—pl. abs. (i.e. אִתָּךְ) סָרָבִים וְסַלּוֹנִים אוֹתָ֑ךְ Ez 2:6 rebelles et quasi spinae sunt erga te Thes; Vrss read ptcp., Co Berthol סֹרְבִים וְסֹלִים resisting and despising thee (cf. סַלּוֹן); AV RV briers and thorns, cf. Ew Hi-Sm SiegfKau Da Toy.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָרָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5621/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.2.6/)

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וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָ֠דָם אַל־תִּירָ֨א מֵהֶ֜ם וּמִדִּבְרֵיהֶ֣ם אַל־תִּירָ֗א כִּ֣י סָרָבִ֤ים וְסַלּוֹנִים֙ אוֹתָ֔ךְ וְאֶל־עַקְרַבִּ֖ים אַתָּ֣ה יוֹשֵׁ֑ב מִדִּבְרֵיהֶ֤ם אַל־תִּירָא֙ וּמִפְּנֵיהֶ֣ם אַל־תֵּחָ֔ת כִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית מְרִ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* and you O.son of.humankind do.not be.afraid from them and from words their do.not be.afraid (dm) nettles and briers \[are\].with you and to scorpions you \[are\].sitting from words their do.not be.afraid and from faces their do.not be.dismayed (dm) \[are\].a.house of.rebellion they

*JPS 1917:* And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though defiers and despisers be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

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