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title: שָׂרִיד — survivor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂרִיד (8300), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: survivor. BDB 1906: n.m. survivor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂרִיד

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«שָׂרִיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **survivor** — 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:** 28 times · **Key:** 8300 · **BDB:** שָׂרִיד

### Glosses

a.survivor (19); survivors (3); \[the\].survivor\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

survivor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8300/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. survivor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8300/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 47:4 survivor (from a defeat, etc.);—abs. שׂ׳ Is 1:9 +; sf. שְׂרִידוֹ Jb 27:15 Kt; pl. שְׂרִידִים Jos 10:20 Jo 3:5; cstr. שְׂרִידֵי Je 31:2; sf. שְׂרִידָיו Ob 14 + Jb 27:15 Qr (van d. H. also Kt);— survivor (often ‖ פָּלִיט): especially עַד בִּלְתִּי הִשְׁאִיר לוֹ שׂ׳ Nu 21:35; Jos 8:22 (both JE), Dt 3:3; Jos 10:33; 11:8; 2 K 10:11 (all D); more simply, לֹא הִשׁ׳ שׂ׳ Dt 2:34; Jos 10:28, 30, 37, 39, 40 (all D); י׳ הוֹתִיר לָנוּ שׂ׳ Is 1:9; לֹא יִהְיֶה שׂ׳ לְ Je 42:17; 44:14 Ob 18; אֵין שׂ׳ Jb 18:19; וְהֶאֱבִיד שׂ׳ מֵעִיר Nu 24:19 (JE); עַם שְׂרִידֵי הָ֑רֶב Je 31:2, pl. also Jos 10:20 (subj. of שָֽׂרְדוּ), Jo 3:5; Ob 14; Jb 27:15 (v. supra); sg. also Ju 5:13 (obscure, for שׂ׳ לְ read perhaps יִשְׂרָאֵל GFM Now cf. Bu), Je 47:4; La 2:22. of things: אֵין שׂ׳ לְאָבְלוֹ Jb 20:21, i.e. nothing has escaped his greed; יֵ֫רַע שׂ׳ בְּאָהֳלוֹ (אֵשׁ) v 26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂרִיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8300/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 24:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.19/)

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וְיֵ֖רְדְּ מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֑ב וְהֶֽאֱבִ֥יד שָׂרִ֖יד מֵעִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.rule from Jacob and he.will.destroy \[the\].survivor\[s\] of a.city

*JPS 1917:* And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.

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[Job 20:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.21/)

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אֵין־שָׂרִ֥יד לְאָכְל֑וֹ עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹא־יָחִ֥יל טוּבֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\].not a.survivor he to devour therefore not it.will.endure prosperity his

*JPS 1917:* There was nothing left that he devoured not — therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

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