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title: סָרַר — be stubborn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָרַר (5637), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: be stubborn. BDB 1906: vb. be stubborn, rebellious Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָרַר

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«סָרַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 5637 · **BDB:** סָרַר

### Glosses

stubborn (6); \[those.who.are\].rebellious (2); rebellious (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be stubborn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5637/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be stubborn, rebellious Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5637/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be stubborn, rebellious (usually towards י׳) (NH id., (rare); Assyrian sarâru);— Pf. 3 ms. ס׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ho 4:16 Isr. is stubborn; Pt. act. בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה Dt 21:18, cf. v 20; בָּנִים סוֹרְרִים Is 30:1, עַם סוֹרֵר 65:2, דּוֹר ס׳ וּמֹרֶה ψ 78:8 (all of Isr.); לֵב ס׳ וּמוֹרֶה Je 5:23; פָּרָה סֹרֵרָ֔ה Ho 4:16 (sim. of Isr., v. supr.); as pred. שָׂרֵיהֶם סוֹרְרִים Ho 9:15 cf. Is 1:23; סָרֵי סוֹרְרִים Je 6:28 revolters among the rebellious (? cf. סור Qal ad fin., and סַר infr.); of loose woman הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסוֹרָ֑רֶת Pr 7:11; as subst. = the stubborn, ψ 66:7; 68:7, 19; fs. וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרֶ֫רֶת Ne 9:29 and they presented a stubborn shoulder (of Isr.) = Zc 7:11 (סֹרָ֑רֶת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָרַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5637/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.11/)

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הֹמִיָּ֣ה הִ֣יא וְסֹרָ֑רֶת בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].boisterous she and rebellious in house her not they.stay feet her

*JPS 1917:* She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house;

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[Jeremiah 6:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.28/)

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כֻּלָּם֙ סָרֵ֣י סֽוֹרְרִ֔ים הֹלְכֵ֥י רָכִ֖יל נְחֹ֣שֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֑ל כֻּלָּ֥ם מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* of.them all \[are.those.who\].turn.aside of.rebels \[who\].go.about of.slander bronze and iron of.them all \[are\].behaving.corruptly they

*JPS 1917:* They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron; they all of them deal corruptly.

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