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title: שָׂגָא — grow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂגָא (7679), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: grow. BDB 1906: vb. grow, grow great. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂגָא

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«שָׂגָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **grow** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7679 · **BDB:** שָׂגָא

### Glosses

\[he.is\].making.great (1); you.will.magnify (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7679/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. grow, grow great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7679/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grow, grow great (√ only in Job; Aramaism; cf. Aramaic סְגִי, סְגָא, ܣܓܳܐ, all increase, grow great; Old Aramaic Biblical Aramaic Palm. שג(י)א adj. much);— Impf. 3 ms. metapl. יִשְׂגֶּא Jb 8:11 (of plant; metapl. form Ges§ 75 oo; \> van d. H. יִשְׂגֶּה). make great, pt. מַשְׂגִּיא לַגּוֹיִם Jb 12:23 he maketh the nations great (v. ל 3 b). magnify, laud, 2 ms. תַּשְׂגִּיא פעלו Jb 36:24 that thou magnify his work.—Vid. שׂגה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «שָׂגָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7679/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.24/)

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זְ֭כֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּ֣יא פָעֳל֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר שֹׁרְר֣וּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* remember (dm).that you.will.magnify work his which they.have.sung people

*JPS 1917:* Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.

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[Job 12:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.23/)

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מַשְׂגִּ֣יא לַ֭גּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם שֹׁטֵ֥חַ לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].making.great (to) the nations and he destroyed.them \[he.is\].spreading.out (to) the nations and he led.them

*JPS 1917:* He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.

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