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title: שַׂגִּיא — great · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂגִּיא (7689), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: great. BDB 1906: adj. great. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂגִּיא

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«שַׂגִּיא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **great** — 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:** 7689 · **BDB:** שַׂגִּיא

### Glosses

\[is\].exalted (1); exalted (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7689/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7689/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. great;—of God, abs. אֵל שַׂגִּיא Jb 36:26; cstr. שַׂגִּיא־כֹחַ 37:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 «שַׂגִּיא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7689/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.26/)

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הֶן־אֵ֣ל שַׂ֭גִּיא וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע מִסְפַּ֖ר שָׁנָ֣יו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃

*Word for word:* there! God \[is\].exalted and not we.know.\[him\] the.number his.years his and not searching

*JPS 1917:* Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

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[Job 37:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.23/)

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שַׁדַּ֣י לֹֽא־מְ֭צָאנֻהוּ שַׂגִּיא־כֹ֑חַ וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט וְרֹב־צְ֝דָקָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְעַנֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].Almighty not we have.found.him exalted of.power and justice and greatness of.righteousness not he.violates

*JPS 1917:* The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, is excellent in power, yet to judgment and plenteous justice He doeth no violence.

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