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title: שׂוּר — saw · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׂוּר (7787), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: saw. BDB 1906: vb. saw. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׂוּר

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«שׂוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **saw** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7787 · **BDB:** שׂוּר

### Glosses

he.sawed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

saw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7787/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. saw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7787/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. saw (‖ form of נָשַׂר; denom. from מַשּׂוֹר?);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּשַׂר 1 Ch 20:3 (but v. שׂים 1 a).—Ho 9:12 v. סור; Ju 9:22; Ho 8:4 v. שׂרר; 12:5 v. שׂרה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (25 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (18 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׂוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7787/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 20:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.20.3/)

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וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֨שַׂר בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י הַבַּרְזֶל֙ וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת וְכֵן֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָוִ֔יד לְכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֣י בְנֵי־עַמּ֑וֹן וַיָּ֧שָׁב דָּוִ֛יד וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and (et) the people which \[was\].in it he.brought.out and he.sawed with (the) saw and with.(the) picks of.(the) iron and with (the) saws and thus he.did David to all the.cities of.the.people of.Ammon and he.returned David and all the people Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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