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title: שָׂגָה — grow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂגָה (7685), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: grow. BDB 1906: vb. grow, increase. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂגָה

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«שָׂגָה» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7685 · **BDB:** שָׂגָה

### Glosses

he.will.grow (1); it.will.grow (1); they.increase (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7685/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. grow, increase [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7685/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grow, increase (late; ‖ form of שׂגא);— Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂגֶּה ψ 92:13 righteous shall grow great like cedar (‖ יִפְרַח), cf. Jb 8:7 (opp. מִצְעָר; v 11 see שׂגא). Pf. 3 pl. הִשְׂגּוּ־חַיִל ψ 73:12 they have increased riches.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 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 (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7685/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 73:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.12/)

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הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י ע֝וֹלָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃

*Word for word:* here! these \[are\].wicked.\[people\] and.\[people\] at.ease of.perpetuity they.increase wealth

*JPS 1917:* Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.

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[Job 8:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.7/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be beginning your a.small.thing and future your it.will.grow exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.

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