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title: שָׂרָה — princess · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂרָה (8282), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: princess. BDB 1906: n.f. princess, noble lady. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂרָה

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«שָׂרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **princess** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8282 · **BDB:** שָׂרָה³

### Glosses

a.princess (1); her.noble.ladies (1); noble.ladies (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

princess [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8282/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. princess, noble lady [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8282/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. princess, noble lady;—cstr. שָׂרָ֫תִי (Ges§ 90 l) La 1:1; pl. שָׂרוֹת 1 K 11:3, cstr. id. Est 1:18; sf. שָׂרוֹתֶיהָ Ju 5:29, -תֵיהֶם Is 49:23;—princesses attending Sisera’s mother Ju 5:29; of Sol.’s wives 1 K 11:3, other queens Is 49:23 (‖ מְלָכִים); wives of nobles Est 1:18; fig. of Jerus. La 1:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (19 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8282/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.29/)

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חַכְמ֥וֹת שָׂרוֹתֶ֖יהָ תַּעֲנֶ֑ינָּה אַף־הִ֕יא תָּשִׁ֥יב אֲמָרֶ֖יהָ לָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* the.wise.\[women\] her.noble.ladies her they.answered also she she.brought.back words her to herself

*JPS 1917:* The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself:

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[1 Kings 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.3/)

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וַיְהִי־ל֣וֹ נָשִׁ֗ים שָׂרוֹת֙ שְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וּפִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת וַיַּטּ֥וּ נָשָׁ֖יו אֶת־לִבּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.belonged to him wives noble.ladies seven hundred(s) and concubines three hundred(s) and they.turned.aside wives his (et) heart his

*JPS 1917:* And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

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