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title: שְׂאֵת — exaltation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂאֵת (7613), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: exaltation. BDB 1906: n.f. exaltation, dignity swelling uprising. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂאֵת

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«שְׂאֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exaltation** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7613 · **BDB:** שְׂאֵת

### Glosses

majesty (2); dignity (1); loftiness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exaltation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7613/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. exaltation, dignity swelling uprising [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7613/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. exaltation, dignity. 2. swelling. 3. uprising;—שׂ׳ abs. Gn 4:7 +, cstr. Lv 13:28 +; sf. שְׂאֵתוֹ Jb 13:11 +; (מִ)שֵּׂתוֹ 41:17;— dignity Gn 49:3 (dignity of first-born), ψ 62:5, of Chaldeans Hb 1:7; of God, his exaltation, loftiness Jb 13:11; 31:23. swelling, eruption, בְּעוֹר בָּשָׂר Lv 13:2 (+ סַפַּחַת, בַּהֶרֶת), cf. 14:56 (+ id.); also 13:10(×2), 19, 28, שׂ׳ הַנֶּגַע v 43 (all P). uprising, Jb 41:17 at his uprising the mighty are in dread. Gn 4:7 is dub.;—is there not acceptance? 𝔖 𝔙 al.; forgiveness 𝔗 Holz al.; uplifting of countenance, cheerfulness, Ew De Ke Di Kau.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂאֵת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7613/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.17/)

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מִ֭שֵּׂתוֹ יָג֣וּרוּ אֵלִ֑ים מִ֝שְּׁבָרִ֗ים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* from uprising its they.are.afraid mighty.ones from crashing(s) they.are.bewildered

*JPS 1917:* When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.

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[Job 31:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.23/)

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כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד אֵ֭לַי אֵ֣יד אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵת֗וֹ לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[was\].a.fear to me (the).calamity of.God and from majesty his not I.am.able

*JPS 1917:* For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.

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