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title: שִׂיא — loftiness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂיא (7863), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: loftiness. BDB 1906: n.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂיא

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«שִׂיא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **loftiness** — 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:** 7863 · **BDB:** שִׂיא

### Glosses

loftiness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

loftiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7863/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7863/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. loftiness, fig. of pride:—אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאוֹ Jb 20:6 (of wicked).

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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 (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂיא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7863/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 20:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.6/)

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אִם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שִׂיא֑וֹ וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ לָעָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ׃

*Word for word:* though it.will.go.up to the heavens loftiness his and head his to the cloud\[s\] it.will.reach

*JPS 1917:* Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

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