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# שְׂגָא

Biblical Aramaic

**grow great** — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

grow great [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d2_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׂגָא: vb. grow great [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d2_5b8_5d0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grow great (𝔗 ס׳, Syriac ܣܐ; v. BH שׂנא (Aramaism in Job));— Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂגֵּא, of injury Ezr 4:22; שְׁלָֽמְכוֹן יִשְׂ׳ Dn 3:31; 6:26.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: may it increase (2); will it grow great (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 4:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.22/#tree)

וּזְהִירִ֥ין הֱו֛וֹ שָׁל֖וּ לְמֶעְבַּ֣ד עַל־דְּנָ֑ה לְמָה֙ יִשְׂגֵּ֣א חֲבָלָ֔א לְהַנְזָקַ֖ת מַלְכִֽין׃ס

*Word for word:* and cautious be negligence to do concerning this why? will.it.grow.great the damage to injury kings

*JPS 1917:* And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?'

[Daniel 3:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.31/#tree)

נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א לְֽכָל־עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א אֻמַיָּ֧א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א דִּֽי־דָיְרִ֥ין בְּכָל־אַרְעָ֖א שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹן יִשְׂגֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples the nations and the languages which \[are\].dwelling in all the earth peace your may.it.increase

*JPS 1917:* 'Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; peace be multiplied unto you.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d2_5b8_5d0.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d2_5b8_5d0/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).