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# סִיג

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5509

**a moving back** — 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

a moving back [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5509/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סִיג: moving back away dross [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5509/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] 1. a moving back or away; 2. dross (what is removed from metal);—abs. סִיג Ez 22:18 Qr (סוג Kt), שִׂיג 1 K 18:27 (שׂ for ס, but v. infr.); pl. סִיגִים (van d. H. סִגִּים) Is 1:22 + 3 times; סִגִֿים Ez 22:18 + 2 times; sf. סִינָ֑יִךָ Is 1:25;— a moving back, away: שִׂיג לוֹ 1 K 18:27 om. 𝔊L, dittogr. for שִׂיחַ Klo Bur. there is a moving back to him = he has moved back, away (proposes of temporary withdrawal, diff. from דֶּרֶךְ journey). dross, usually of silver Pr 25:4 (מִכָּ֑סֶף), 26:23 (כֶּסֶף ס׳), so (fig. of Isr.) Is 1:22 cf. v 25, Ez 22:18b (סִיגִים כֶּסֶף MT, בְּתוֹךְ כ׳ ס׳ 𝔊 Co Berthol;—Co del. ס׳, not so Berthol Toy), cf. v 18a. 19; indef. ψ 119:119.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: dross(es) (6); dross (1); of dross(es) (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 119:119](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.119/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.119/#tree)

סִגִ֗ים הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ כָל־רִשְׁעֵי־אָ֑רֶץ לָ֝כֵ֗ן אָהַ֥בְתִּי עֵדֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* dross(es) you.cause.to.cease all \[the\].wicked.\[people\] of.\[the\].earth therefore I.love testimonies your

*JPS 1917:* Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love Thy testimonies.

[Proverbs 25:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.4/#tree)

הָג֣וֹ סִיגִ֣ים מִכָּ֑סֶף וַיֵּצֵ֖א לַצֹּרֵ֣ף כֶּֽלִי׃

*Word for word:* remove dross(es) from silver and it.came.out for the metalsmith a.vessel

*JPS 1917:* Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5509.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5509/): 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).