שָׂרָה

«שָׂרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: princess — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: 8282 · BDB: שָׂרָה³

Glosses

a.princess (1); her.noble.ladies (1); noble.ladies (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

princess tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. princess, noble lady tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. princess, noble lady;—cstr. שָׂרָ֫תִי (Ges§ 90 l) La 1:1; pl. שָׂרוֹת 1 K 11:3, cstr. id. Est 1:18; sf. שָׂרוֹתֶיהָ Ju 5:29, -תֵיהֶם Is 49:23;—princesses attending Sisera’s mother Ju 5:29; of Sol.’s wives 1 K 11:3, other queens Is 49:23 (‖ מְלָכִים); wives of nobles Est 1:18; fig. of Jerus. La 1:1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (19 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «שָׂרָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Judges 5:29

חַכְמ֥וֹת שָׂרוֹתֶ֖יהָ תַּעֲנֶ֑ינָּה אַף־הִ֕יא תָּשִׁ֥יב אֲמָרֶ֖יהָ לָֽהּ׃

Word for word: the.wise.[women] her.noble.ladies her they.answered also she she.brought.back words her to herself

JPS 1917: The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself:

1 Kings 11:3

וַיְהִי־ל֣וֹ נָשִׁ֗ים שָׂרוֹת֙ שְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וּפִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת וַיַּטּ֥וּ נָשָׁ֖יו אֶת־לִבּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and it.belonged to him wives noble.ladies seven hundred(s) and concubines three hundred(s) and they.turned.aside wives his (et) heart his

JPS 1917: And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

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