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title: סְתָו — winter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְתָו (5638), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: winter. BDB 1906: n.m. winter. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְתָו

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«סְתָו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **winter** — 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:** 5638 · **BDB:** סתו

### Glosses

winter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

winter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5638/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. winter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5638/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Kt, סְתָיו Qr n.m. winter (loan-wd. from Aramaic; cf. Syriac ܣܰܬܘܳܐ, 𝔗 סִיתְוָא; Arabic شِتَآءٌ Lane1504; prob. orig. שׂ׳, cf. SchwallyIdiot. 64; on ו as old nominat. ending (ס׳ for šutayu) cf. LagBN 190 Anm.);—הַסְּתָ֯ו עָבָ֑ר Ct 2:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְתָו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5638/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.11/)

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כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֥ה הַסְּתָ֖יו עָבָ֑ר הַגֶּ֕שֶׁם חָלַ֖ף הָלַ֥ךְ לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) there! the winter it.has.passed the rain it.has.passed.away it.has.gone (for itself

*JPS 1917:* For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

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