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# שֶׂרֶד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8279

**stylus** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

stylus [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8279/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֶׂ֫רֶד: stylus [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8279/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] from context, a marking-tool for wood, stylus (so Thes al.; connexion with above √ dub.; LewyFremdw. 57 f. cp. σάρδιον as gem used in gem-cutting);—יְתָֽאֲרֵהוּ בַּשֶּׂרֶד Is 44:13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Isaiah 44:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.13/#tree)

חָרַ֣שׁ עֵצִים֮ נָ֣טָה קָו֒ יְתָאֲרֵ֣הוּ בַשֶּׂ֔רֶד יַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ בַּמַּקְצֻע֔וֹת וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖ה יְתָאֳרֵ֑הוּ וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּתַבְנִ֣ית אִ֔ישׁ כְּתִפְאֶ֥רֶת אָדָ֖ם לָשֶׁ֥בֶת בָּֽיִת׃

*Word for word:* a.craftsman of.wood(s) he.stretches.out a.measuring-line he outlines.it with (the) marker he works.it with.(the) scraping tools and with (the) compass he outlines.it and he made.it like.\[the\] form of.a.man like.\[the\] beauty of.a.man to dwell a.house

*JPS 1917:* The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8279.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8279/): 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).