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title: שָׂגַב — be high · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂגַב (7682), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: be high. BDB 1906: vb. high. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂגַב

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«שָׂגַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be high** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 7682 · **BDB:** שָׂגַב

### Glosses

\[is\].exalted (3); may (3); he.set.on.high (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be high [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7682/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. high [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7682/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be (inaccessibly) high (cf. 𝔗 שְׂגַב Pa. \[from Heb.\] exalt);— Pf. 3 fs. שָֽׂגְבָה Dt 2:36, of city, c. מִן, be (too) high for capture. 3 mpl. שָֽׂגְבוּ Jb 5:11 of pers., be high in prosperity. Pf. 3 ms. נִשְׂגַּב Is 2:11, 17; נִשְׂגָּ֑ב Pr 18:10; 3 fs. נִשְׂגְּבָה ψ 139:6; Pt. נִשְׂגָּב Is 12:4 +; fs. נִשְׂגָּבָה Is 26:5; +;— be high, walls Is 30:13; Pr 18:11; city Is 26:5; God’s knowledge ψ 139:6 (unattainable). be (safely) set on high, Pr 18:10. be exalted, of God Is 2:11, 17; 33:5; his name 12:4 ψ 148:13. Impf. 3 ms. יְשַׂגֵּב Is 9:10 ψ 107:41; sf. יְשַׂגֶּבְךָ 20:2, etc.;—trans. c. acc.: set (securely) on high, ψ 20:2; 69:30; 91:14; c. מִן, of foe 59:2, affliction 107:41. exalt, in effective hostility, c. עַל, Is 9:10. Impf. 3 ms. יְשֻׂגָּ֑ב Pr 29:25 be set (securely) on high. Impf. 3 ms. יַשְׂגִּיב Jb 36:22 God acts exaltedly בְּכֹחוֹ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂגַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7682/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.11/)

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לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃

*Word for word:* to set lowly.\[people\] to a.high.place and mourners they.are.high safety

*JPS 1917:* So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

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[Psalms 139:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.6/)

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פְּלִ֣יאָֽה דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* \[is.too\].wonderful knowledge for me it.is.set.on.high not I.am.able to it

*JPS 1917:* Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.

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