--- title: שָׂדֶה — field · The Tanakh dictionary description: שָׂדֶה (7704), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 320 times: field. BDB 1906: n.m. id. 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Lv 27:24 id. (ordinary contr. form Ges§ 84 a f);—abs. שׂ׳ Gn 2:5(×2) +; cstr. שְׂדֵה 14:7 +; sf. שָׂדִי Je 32:7, 8, שָֽׂדְךָ Dt 11:15 +, שָׂדֶ֑ךָ 24:19 Lv 25:3, etc.; pl. שָׂדוֹת 1 S 22:7 +, cstr. שְׂדוֹת Ne 12:29; also שְׂדֵי 2 S 1:21; Is 32:12; Ru 1:1 + 8 times (some might be sg. = שְׂדֵה cf. BaZMG xiii (1888), 351 SS Buhl; note, e.g. שְׂדֵי Ru 1:6a, = שְׂדֵה v b; 4:3; but v. Köii. 1, 77); sf. שְׂדֹתֶיהָ Ne 11:30, etc.; also שָׂדֶיךָ 1 K 2:26, שָׂדֵינוּ Mi 2:4;— open field, country: pasture-land Gn 29:2; 30:16; Ex 9:3 (all J), Dt 11:15; 1 S 11:5 + 10 times J, JE. unfrequented Gn 24:63, 65, exposed to violence 4:8 (J), 2 S 14:6; Dt 21:1; 22:25, 27, to wild beasts Ex 22:30 (E), Ez 33:27. specif. home of beasts: 2 S 17:8; Je 14:5; especially phr. חַיַּת הַשּׂ׳ Gn 2:19, 20; 3:1, 14 (all J) of beasts in gen., and, of wild beasts, Ex 23:11, 29 (E), Ho 2:14, 20; 4:3; 13:8; Dt 7:22; Lv 26:22 (H), Jb 5:23 (‖ חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ), + 16 times; בֶּהֱמַת הַשּׂ׳ 1 S 17:44 cf. Jo 1:20; אַיְלוֹת הַשּׂ׳ Ct 2:7; 3:5, cf. הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשּׂ׳ 2 S 2:18; hunting-ground Gn 25:29; 27:3, 5 (all JE), cf. אִישׁ שׂ׳ 25:27 (JE; ‖ אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ צַיִד). yielding plants and trees: Gn 25:27 (JE), 30:14 (J), Ex 10:5 (JE), 2 K 4:39; Ez 21:2; 39:10; especially phr. עֵשֶׂב הַשּׂ׳ Gn 2:5; 3:18 (both J), + 6 times + ע׳ בַּשּׂ׳ Zc 10:1; שִׂיחַ הַשּׂ׳ Gn 2:5, גֶּפֶן שׂ׳ 2 K 4:39, פַּקֻּעֹת שׂ׳ v 39, צִיץ הַשּׂ׳ Is 40:15 ψ 103:15, צֶמַח הַשּׂ׳ Ez 16:7; עֵץ חַשּׂ׳ (4 times עֲצֵי) Ex 9:25 (JE), Dt 20:19; Lv 26:4 (H) Is 55:12 + 8 times; 2 S 1:21 v. תְּרוּמָה, √ רום. stony, אַבְנֵי הַשּׂ׳ Jb 5:23. open country, outside of walled city Ju 9:32, 42, 43, 44; 19:16; 1 S 19:3; 20:5, 11(×2), 24, 35; 2 K 7:12 Mi 4:10; as battle-ground Jos 8:24 (J), 2 S 10:8 = 1 Ch 19:9; 2 S 11:23; 18:6, outside of military camp 1 S 4:2; 14:15; opp. city (in formula) 1 K 14:11; 16:4; 21:24; Je 14:18; Ez 7:15; שְׂדֵה אֶרֶץ Lv 25:31; as site of small town, country-town 1 S 27:5 (opp. royal city), cf. 1 Ch 27:25; of high places, גְּבָעוֹת בַּשּׂ׳ Je 13:27; quite gen., 1 S 30:11; Je 40:7, 13; including road Ju 20:31; 1 K 11:29; Je 6:25; disting. from road Nu 22:23 (JE), 2 S 20:12; outside houses and courtyards Ex 8:9 (P), 1 S 25:15; בַּשּׂ׳ nearly = outdoors Ex 1:14 (P), Ju 13:9; of surface of country or ground, בַּשּׂ׳ Ex 16:25 (JE); = עַל־פְּנֵי הַמִּדְבָּר v 14), cf. 1 S 14:25; so עַל־פְּנֵי הַשּׂ׳ (אֶל) 2 K 9:37; Je 9:22; Ez 29:5 (‖ הַמִּדְבָּ֫רָה), 32:4; 39:5; sample phr. opp. house, comfort, etc., 2 S 11:11; Ez 16:5, opp. city Lv 14:7, 53, opp. tent Nu 19:16 (all P), opp. tent of meeting Lv 17:5 (H). = expanse of country, opp. mt., in phr. מְרוֹמֵי שׂ׳ Ju 5:18; הֲרָרִי בַּשּׂ׳ Je 17:3 (of Jerus.) is dub.; cf. לְעִי הַשּׂ׳ Mi 1:6 (Je 18:14 v. שָׂדַי). definite portion of ground, field, land: cultivated ground Gn 37:7 (E), 47:24 (J; זֶרַע הַשָּׂדֶה), Ex 22:4(×3), 5 (E), Lv 27:16, 17 (P), Mi 3:12 (in sim.) Ru 2:2 + 47 times, + שְׂדֵי תְרוּמוֹת 2 S 1:21, שׂ׳־זָ֑רַע Ez 17:5, שָׂדֶה טוֹב v 8 good soil. as private property, Mi 2:2, 4; Is 5:8(×2); Gn 47:20 (J), 23:9, 11, 13 (P) + 50 times, + 2 Ch 26:23 (as burial-place); also חֶלְקַת (הַ)שּׂ׳, v. חֶלְקָה; and שׂ׳ צֹפִים, v. צפה. city-land, adjacent to city (town) and subject to its control: Gn 41:48 (E), Lv 25:34 (P), Jos 21:12 (P) = 1 Ch 6:41; Ne 11:25; 30; 12:39, 44; specif. of Zoan ψ 78:12, 43. territory of nation, tribe: Gn 32:4; Nu 21:20 (both JE), Ju 5:4; Ru 1:1, 2; Gn 14:7 + 13 times + שְׂדֵה נַחֲלַת יִשׂ׳ Ju 20:6. personal estate of king, 2 S 9:7; 19:30. land, opp. sea, 1 Ch 16:32 (opp. הַיָּם; = שָׂדַי ψ 96:12), perhaps also mainland Ez 26:6, 8 (Co Krae Toy al.; not Sm). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 158 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שָׂדֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7704/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 27:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.26/) כְּבָשִׂ֥ים לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּמְחִ֥יר שָׂ֝דֶ֗ה עַתּוּדִֽים׃ *Word for word:* lambs \[are\].for clothing your and \[are.the\].price of.a.field goats *JPS 1917:* The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field. [1 Samuel 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.1/) וַיְהִ֧י אֲרוֹן־יְהוָ֛ה בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים שִׁבְעָ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃ *Word for word:* and it.was the.ark of.Yahweh in the.region of.\[the\].Philistines seven months *JPS 1917:* And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. - ← previous: [שָׁדַד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7703.md) - next →: [שִׁדָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7705.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-2.md)