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# שָׂגָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7685

**grow** — 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

grow [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7685/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂגָה: vb. grow, increase [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7685/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grow, increase (late; ‖ form of שׂגא);— Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂגֶּה ψ 92:13 righteous shall grow great like cedar (‖ יִפְרַח), cf. Jb 8:7 (opp. מִצְעָר; v 11 see שׂגא). Pf. 3 pl. הִשְׂגּוּ־חַיִל ψ 73:12 they have increased riches.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Psalms 73:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.12/#tree)

הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י ע֝וֹלָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃

*Word for word:* here! these \[are\].wicked.\[people\] and.\[people\] at.ease of.perpetuity they.increase wealth

*JPS 1917:* Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.

[Job 8:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.7/#tree)

וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be beginning your a.small.thing and future your it.will.grow exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7685.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7685/): 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).