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title: שְׂרָיָה — Seraiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂרָיָה (8304), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: Seraiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂרָיָה

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«שְׂרָיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Seraiah** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 8304 · **BDB:** שְׂרָיָה(וּ)

### Glosses

Seraiah (17); of.Seraiah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Seraiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8304/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8304/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ persisteth DrHastDict. Bib. ii. 530 Jacob);—usually Σαραια(ς);—שְׂרָיָה: secretary of David 2 S 8:17, but 𝔊B Ασα, ‖ שיא 20:25 Kt (שְׁוָא Qr), שַׁוְשָׁא 1 Ch 18:16 (in both Ἰησοῦς, 𝔊L Σουσα), שִׁישָׁא 1 K 4:3 (Σαβα, A Σεισα, 𝔊L Σαφατ); orig. in all prob. ששא We Dr Klo (Sausa), HPS (שושא), Now, Bu. chief priest 2 K 25:18 = Je 52:24. a captain 2 K 25:23; Je 40:8; 51:59(×2), 61. son of Ḳenaz 1 Ch 4:13, 14. name in Simeon v 35. Levite name 5:40(×2). companion of Zerub. Ezr 2:2. father of Ezra 7:1. one sealed Ne 10:3. priest 11:11; 12:1, 12. שְׂרָיָהוּ, officer of king Jehoiakim, Je 36:26, τῷ Σαρεα.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (19 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂרָיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8304/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.3/)

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שְׂרָיָ֥ה עֲזַרְיָ֖ה יִרְמְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Seraiah Azariah Jeremiah

*JPS 1917:* Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah;

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[1 Chronicles 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.13/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י קְנַ֔ז עָתְנִיאֵ֖ל וּשְׂרָיָ֑ה וּבְנֵ֥י עָתְנִיאֵ֖ל חֲתַֽת׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Kenaz \[were\].Othniel and Seraiah and the.sons of.Othniel \[were\].Hathath

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

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