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title: סָרָה — turning aside · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָרָה (5627), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: turning aside. BDB 1906: n.f. turning aside, defection, apostasy, withdrawal. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָרָה

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«סָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turning aside** — 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:** 5627 · **BDB:** סָרָה

### Glosses

ceasing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turning aside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5627/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. turning aside, defection, apostasy, withdrawal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5627/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a turning aside, defection, apostasy, withdrawal;—always abs. ס׳;— defection, used appar. of any moral or legal offence Dt 19:16, so prob. Is 59:13 (+ עֹשֶׁק, דִּבְרֵי שָׁ֑קֶר). apostasy, Dt 13:6 Is 1:5; 31:6 Je 28:16; 29:32. בִּלְתִּי סָרָה non-withdrawal Is 14:6 (cf. vb., v 25 Am 6:7).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5627/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 14:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.6/)

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מַכֶּ֤ה עַמִּים֙ בְּעֶבְרָ֔ה מַכַּ֖ת בִּלְתִּ֣י סָרָ֑ה רֹדֶ֤ה בָאַף֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם מֻרְדָּ֖ף בְּלִ֥י חָשָֽׂךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[which\].struck peoples in wrath a.blow (of).not ceasing \[which\].ruled in anger nations persecution \[which\].not anyone.restrained

*JPS 1917:* That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

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