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title: סָרָה — turning aside · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָרָה (lemma:סָרָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: turning aside. BDB 1906: n.f. turning aside, defection, apostasy, withdrawal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָרָה

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«סָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turning aside** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:סָרָה · **BDB:** סָרָה

### Glosses

rebellion (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turning aside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. turning aside, defection, apostasy, withdrawal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a turning aside, defection, apostasy, withdrawal;—always abs. ס׳;— defection, used appar. of any moral or legal offence Dt 19:16, so prob. Is 59:13 (+ עֹשֶׁק, דִּבְרֵי שָׁ֑קֶר). apostasy, Dt 13:6 Is 1:5; 31:6 Je 28:16; 29:32. בִּלְתִּי סָרָה non-withdrawal Is 14:6 (cf. vb., v 25 Am 6:7).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 31:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.31.6/)

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שׁ֗וּבוּ לַאֲשֶׁ֛ר הֶעְמִ֥יקוּ סָרָ֖ה בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* return to \[the.one\].whom people.have.made.deep rebellion O.people of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Turn ye unto Him against whom ye have deeply rebelled, O children of Israel.

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[Deuteronomy 19:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.19.16/)

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כִּֽי־יָק֥וּם עֵד־חָמָ֖ס בְּאִ֑ישׁ לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּ֖וֹ סָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.will.stand a.witness of.injustice in anyone to testify against him rebellion

*JPS 1917:* If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to bear perverted witness against him;

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