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# סָגַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5456

**prostrate oneself** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

prostrate oneself [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5456/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סָגַד: vb. prostrate oneself [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5456/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. prostrate oneself in worship (only Is 44, 46) (perhaps Aramaic loan-word in Heb., cf. NöZMG xli (1887), 719; Aramaic סְגֵד, ܣܓܶܕ, so Old Aramaic סגד, ܣܓܕܐ (Sachau) Lzb328; Ethiopic ሰገደ all id.; Arabic سَجَدَ be lowly, submissive, prostrate oneself in prayer, etc., مَسْجِدٌ mosque, Nab. מסגדא shrine(?) Lzb152.328, Syriac ܡܰܣܓܕܳܐ = Arabic; cf. WeSkizzen iii. 165; Heid. 141);— Impf. 3 ms. יִסְגּוֹד לוֹ Is 44:17 Kt he prostrateth himself to it (an idol; Qr יִסְגָּד־לוֹ + יִשְׁתַּחוּ, יִתְפַּלֵּל); וַיִּסְגָּד־לָ֑מוֹ v 15 (‖וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ); 1 s. לְבוּל עֵץ אֶסְגּוֹד v 19; 3 mpl. יסְגְּדוּ אַף־יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ 46:6 (abs.).—Cf. Biblical Aramaic סְגִד.

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he prostrated himself (1); he prostrates himself (1); they prostrate themselves (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 46:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.46.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.46.6/#tree)

הַזָּלִ֤ים זָהָב֙ מִכִּ֔יס וְכֶ֖סֶף בַּקָּנֶ֣ה יִשְׁקֹ֑לוּ יִשְׂכְּר֤וּ צוֹרֵף֙ וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּ אֵ֔ל יִסְגְּד֖וּ אַף־יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].pour.out gold from a.bag and silver on (the) scale\[s\] they.weigh.out they.hire a.metalsmith and he makes.it a.god they.prostrate.themselves also they.bow.down

*JPS 1917:* Ye that lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; ye that hire a goldsmith, that he make it a god, to fall down thereto, yea, to worship.

[Isaiah 44:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.17/#tree)

וּשְׁאֵ֣רִית֔וֹ לְאֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֖ה לְפִסְל֑וֹ יִסְגָּד־ל֤וֹ וְיִשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל אֵלָ֔יו וְיֹאמַר֙ הַצִּילֵ֔נִי כִּ֥י אֵלִ֖י אָֽתָּה׃

*Word for word:* and the.remainder of.it (into).a god he.makes (into) idol his he.prostrates.himself to it and he.bows.down and he.prays to it and he.says deliver me (dm) god \[are\].my you

*JPS 1917:* And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith: 'Deliver me, for thou art my god.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5456.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5456/): 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).