סְאָה
Used: 9 times · Key: 5429 · BDB: סְאָה
Glosses
a.seah (3); two.seahs (3); seahs (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
sᵉ’āh tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. se’āh tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. (v. infr.) se’āh, a measure of flour, grain, etc. (√ unknown; perhaps foreign word; NH id.; Aramaic סְאָה, סָאתָא, ܣܳܐܴܐ, ܣܶܐܴܐ, ܣܰܐܬܳܐ (Gk. σάτον, LewyFremdwörter 116 f.));—abs. סְאָה־ 2 K 7:1, 16, וּסֳאָה־ v 18 (Baer Ginsb cf. Ges§ 10 h); du. סָאתַיִם 1 K 18:32 + 3 times; pl. סְאִים Gn 18:6; 1 S 25:18;—always c. appos. of thing measured, Gn 18:6 (J), 1 S 25:18 1 K 18:32; 2 K 7:1(×2), 16(×2), 18(×2) (where appar. masc., perhaps after anal. of other measures of capacity, הִין, חֹמֶר, כֹּר, etc., AlbrechtZAW xvi (1896), 95);—סַאסְּאָה Is 27:8 v. סאסא.—On size of seʾāh = 1/3 ephah, = 12.148 litres (= 10.696 qts.), v. NowArch. i. 203 BenzArch. 183.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «סְאָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַיְמַהֵ֧ר אַבְרָהָ֛ם הָאֹ֖הֱלָה אֶל־שָׂרָ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מַהֲרִ֞י שְׁלֹ֤שׁ סְאִים֙ קֶ֣מַח סֹ֔לֶת ל֖וּשִׁי וַעֲשִׂ֥י עֻגֽוֹת׃
Word for word: and he.hurried Abraham to the tent to Sarah and he.said bring.quickly three seahs flour fine.flour knead.[it] and make bread.cakes
JPS 1917: And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: 'Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.'
וַיִּבְנֶ֧ה אֶת־הָאֲבָנִ֛ים מִזְבֵּ֖חַ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וַיַּ֣עַשׂ תְּעָלָ֗ה כְּבֵית֙ סָאתַ֣יִם זֶ֔רַע סָבִ֖יב לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
Word for word: and he.built (et) the stones an.altar in the.name of.Yahweh and he.made a.trench like a.receptacle of.two.seahs seed around (to) the altar
JPS 1917: And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
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