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title: שָׂדַי — field · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂדַי (lemma:שָׂדַי), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: field. BDB 1906: n.m. field, land. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂדַי

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«שָׂדַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **field** — 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:** lemma:שָׂדַי · **BDB:** שָׂדַי

### Glosses

of.\[the\].field (9); of.a.field (2); (of).a.field (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

field [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d3_5b7_5d9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. field, land [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d3_5b7_5d9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 96:12 field, land (rare orig. form of שָׂדֶה (q.v. infr.), only poet.);—abs. שׂ׳ Je 4:17, שָׂדָ֑י Ho 10:4 +;— cultivated field 12:12, also 10:4 (si vera l., but v. Now), yielding food Dt 32:13 La 4:9; שֹׁמְרֵי שׂ׳ Je 4:17 keepers, watchmen, of a field. home of wild beasts: בְּהֵמוֹת שׂ׳ ψ 8:8 Jo 2:22, חַיְתוֹ שׂ׳ Is 56:9 ψ 104:11, זִיז שׂ׳ 50:11; 80:14. plain, opp. mt., Je 18:14 (but dub., Co Du שִׂרְיֹן). land, opp. sea, ψ 96:12 (cf. שָׂדֶה 3; ‖ תֵּבֵל ψ 98:7).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂדַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d3_5b7_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.8.8/)

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צֹנֶ֣ה וַאֲלָפִ֣ים כֻּלָּ֑ם וְ֝גַ֗ם בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדָֽי׃

*Word for word:* sheep and cattle(s) of.them all and also \[the\].animals of.\[the\].field

*JPS 1917:* Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;

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[Psalms 50:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.50.11/)

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יָ֭דַעְתִּי כָּל־ע֣וֹף הָרִ֑ים וְזִ֥יז שָׂ֝דַ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I.know every bird of.\[the\].mountains and moving.creature\[s\] of.\[the\].field \[are\].with me

*JPS 1917:* I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

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