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title: שְׂרֵפָה — burning · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂרֵפָה (8316), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: burning. BDB 1906: n.f. burning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂרֵפָה

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«שְׂרֵפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burning** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 8316 · **BDB:** שְׂרֵפָה

### Glosses

burning (6); a.burning (3); of.the.burning (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8316/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. burning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8316/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. burning;—abs. שׂ׳ Is 9:4 +, cstr. שְׂרֵפַת Nu 19:6 +;—לשׂ׳ of brick-burning Gn 11:3 (+ שָׂרַף); destructive Am 4:11; Is 9:4, of land Dt 29:22, of temple, הָיָה לִשְׂרֵפַת אֵשׁ Is 64:10, הַר שׂ׳ Je 51:25 i.e. a burnt-out volcano (fig. of Bab.); of heifer Nu 19:6, cf. v 17; of spices (prob.) as funeral rite 2 Ch 16:14 (as acc. cogn.), 21:19 (obj. of עָשָׂה), v 19; of pers. (penal) Lv 10:6 (acc. cogn., י׳ subj.), Nu 17:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂרֵפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8316/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.4/)

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כִּ֤י כָל־סְאוֹן֙ סֹאֵ֣ן בְּרַ֔עַשׁ וְשִׂמְלָ֖ה מְגוֹלָלָ֣ה בְדָמִ֑ים וְהָיְתָ֥ה לִשְׂרֵפָ֖ה מַאֲכֹ֥לֶת אֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) every boot \[which\].marches with shaking and cloak rolled in blood(s) and it.will.be for burning fuel of.a.fire

*JPS 1917:* For every boot stamped with fierceness, and every cloak rolled in blood, shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire.

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[Numbers 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.19.6/)

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וְלָקַ֣ח הַכֹּהֵ֗ן עֵ֥ץ אֶ֛רֶז וְאֵז֖וֹב וּשְׁנִ֣י תוֹלָ֑עַת וְהִשְׁלִ֕יךְ אֶל־תּ֖וֹךְ שְׂרֵפַ֥ת הַפָּרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.take the priest wood of.cedar and hyssop and scarlet of.scarlet.stuff and he.will.throw.\[them\] into the.middle of.the.burning of the.heifer

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

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