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title: סַרְגוֹן — Sargon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַרְגוֹן (5623), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Sargon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Sargon. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַרְגוֹן

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«סַרְגוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sargon** — 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:** 5623 · **BDB:** סַרְגֿוֹן

### Glosses

Sargon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sargon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5623/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Sargon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5623/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Sargon (Assyrian Šargânu, and (prob. by pop. etymol.) Šarrukênu = firm, faithful, king, v. reff. infr.);—king of Assyria b.c. 722–705, conqueror of Samaria, father of Sennacherib, only Is 20:1 (𝔊 Αρνα, Aq Theod Σαραγω̄, Symm Σαργων \[Qmg\]); PtolCanon Ἀρκεάνου (genit.); cf. SchrCOT ad loc. TieleGesch. 238 ff..

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַרְגוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5623/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 20:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.20.1/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֨ת בֹּ֤א תַרְתָּן֙ אַשְׁדּ֔וֹדָה בִּשְׁלֹ֣ח אֹת֔וֹ סַֽרְג֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם בְּאַשְׁדּ֖וֹד וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* in the.year came \[the\].commander.in.chief to Ashdod when sent him Sargon the.king of.Assyria and he.fought against Ashdod and he captured.it

*JPS 1917:* In the year that Tartan came into Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;

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