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title: שָׂרַע — extend · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂרַע (8311), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: extend. BDB 1906: vb. extend. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂרַע

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«שָׂרַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **extend** — 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:** 8311 · **BDB:** שָׂרַע

### Glosses

having.something.enlarged (2); stretching.oneself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

extend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8311/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. extend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8311/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. extend (Arabic شَرَعَ point directly at, also enter upon a path (Frä213 thinks orig. divide, then stretch out, make straight), شَرَعَةٌ projecting roof, أَسْرَعُ long-nosed (torto naso 𝔙 Lv 21:18); Ethiopic ሠርዐ: dispose, arrange; Sab. שרע arrangement, security HomChr 124;—but Aramaic ܣܪܺܝܥ expl. as mutilated Lv 21:18; 22:23 PS2744, cf. 𝔊 ὠτότμητος);— Pt. pass. שָׂרוּעַ extended, i.e. too long (in a limb or member), of man Lv 21:18, beast 22:23 (v. II. חרם). stretch oneself: Inf. cstr. הִשְׂתָּרֵעַ Is 28:20 (v מַצַּע p. 427a).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8311/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.20/)

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כִּֽי־קָצַ֥ר הַמַּצָּ֖ע מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה צָ֖רָה כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃

*Word for word:* (dm) it.is.\[too\].short the bed for stretching.oneself and the.woven stuff it.is.narrow just as.wraps.oneself.up

*JPS 1917:* For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.

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[Leviticus 22:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.23/)

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וְשׁ֥וֹר וָשֶׂ֖ה שָׂר֣וּעַ וְקָל֑וּט נְדָבָה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ וּלְנֵ֖דֶר לֹ֥א יֵרָצֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and an.ox and a.sheep having.something.enlarged and having.something.stunted a.freewill.offering you.will.offer it and for a.vow not it.will.be.accepted

*JPS 1917:* Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing too long or too short, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

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