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title: שָׂרַט — incise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂרַט (8295), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: incise. BDB 1906: vb. incise, scratch. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂרַט

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«שָׂרַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **incise** — 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:** 8295 · **BDB:** שָׂרַט

### Glosses

severely.(injure) (1); they.will.cut (1); they.will.injure.themselves (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

incise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8295/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. incise, scratch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8295/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. incise, scratch (NH id., so Aramaic סְרַט Pa (𝔗 1 S 21:14), ܣܪܰܛ, ܣܪܶܛ, scratch, hence write (= χαράσσω); Assyrian šarâṭu, slit up, rend; Arabic شَرَطَ slit ear of camel, شَرْطٌ, شَرَطٌ, sing, mark (RSK 214 f.);— Impf. 3 mpl. c.acc. cogn. וּבִבְשָׂרָם לֹא יִשְׂרְטוּ שָׂרָ֑טֶת Lv 21:5 shall make no incision; Inf. abs. c. Impf. 3 mpl. שָׂרוֹט יִשָּׂרֵ֑טוּ Zc 12:3 those loaded with the stone shall be severely seratched, lacerated.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂרַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8295/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 21:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.5/)

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לֹֽא־יִקְרְח֤וּ קָרְחָה֙ בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם וּפְאַ֥ת זְקָנָ֖ם לֹ֣א יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ וּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔ם לֹ֥א יִשְׂרְט֖וּ שָׂרָֽטֶת׃

*Word for word:* not they.will.make.bald baldness on head their and the.side their.beard their not they.will.shave and in flesh their not they.will.cut cut\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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[Zechariah 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.3/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה בַיּוֹם־הַ֠הוּא אָשִׂ֨ים אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם אֶ֤בֶן מַֽעֲמָסָה֙ לְכָל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים כָּל־עֹמְסֶ֖יהָ שָׂר֣וֹט יִשָּׂרֵ֑טוּ וְנֶאֶסְפ֣וּ עָלֶ֔יהָ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be on the day (the) that I.will.make (et) Jerusalem a.stone of.burden for all the peoples all \[those who\].carry.it severely.(injure) they.will.injure.themselves and they.will.gather on it all the.nations of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a stone of burden for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.

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