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# סְגֻלָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5459

**possession** — used 8 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

possession [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5459/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סְגֻלָּה: n.f. possession, property [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5459/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. possession, property (on format. v. BaNB § 95 b Köii. 1, 168);—abs. ס׳ Ex 19:5 + 5 times; cstr. סְגֻלַּת Ec 2:8; sf. סְגֻלָּתוֹ ψ 135:4;— valued property, peculiar treasure, which י׳ has chosen (בחר) and taken to himself; always of people of Israel, first Ex 19:5 (E; 𝔊 λαὸς περιούσιος = Tit 2:14; 1 Pet 2:9 λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν = περιποίησις Eph 1:14 cf. BrMP 102; MA 52, 235); then עַם ס׳ Dt 7:6; 14:2; 26:18; later ס׳ alone, Mal 3:17 ψ 135:4. treasure (very late), of kings 1 Ch 29:3 (gold and silver), Ec 2:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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: of possession (3); a possession (2); treasure (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 135:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.135.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.135.4/#tree)

כִּֽי־יַעֲקֹ֗ב בָּחַ֣ר ל֣וֹ יָ֑הּ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) Jacob he.has.chosen for himself Yahweh Israel to possession his

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His own treasure.

[Deuteronomy 26:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.26.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.26.18/#tree)

וַֽיהוָ֞ה הֶאֱמִֽירְךָ֣ הַיּ֗וֹם לִהְי֥וֹת לוֹ֙ לְעַ֣ם סְגֻלָּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לָ֑ךְ וְלִשְׁמֹ֖ר כָּל־מִצְוֺתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and Yahweh he has.declared.you this day to become for him (into).a people of.possession just as he.spoke to you and to keep all commandments his

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5459.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5459/): 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).