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title: שָׂדַד — harrow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂדַד (7702), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: harrow. BDB 1906: vb. harrow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂדַד

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«שָׂדַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **harrow** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7702 · **BDB:** שָׂדַד

### Glosses

does.he.harrow? (1); it.will.harrow (1); will.it.harrow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

harrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7702/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. harrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7702/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. harrow (שׂדד id. Ecclus 38:25margin 26; cf. Assyrian šadâdu, draw, drag);—Impf. 3 ms. יְשַׂדֵּד Jb 39:10 (of beast); human subj., c. acc. of ground Is 28:24 (+ יִפְתַּח, ‖ יַחֲרֹשׁ); יְשַׂדֶּד־לוֹ Ho 10:11 (‖ יַחֲרוֹשׁ; fig. of Jacob).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «שָׂדַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7702/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.10/)

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הֲ‍ֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵ֭ים בְּתֶ֣לֶם עֲבֹת֑וֹ אִם־יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד עֲמָקִ֣ים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* will you.bind? \[the\].wild.ox in a.furrow rope its or? will.it.harrow valleys behind you

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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[Isaiah 28:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.24/)

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הֲכֹ֣ל הַיּ֔וֹם יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ הַחֹרֵ֖שׁ לִזְרֹ֑עַ יְפַתַּ֥ח וִֽישַׂדֵּ֖ד אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* ? all the day does.he.plow the plowman to sow does.he.loosen? and does.he.harrow? land his

*JPS 1917:* Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, with the opening and harrowing of his ground?

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