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# שָׂרַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8311

**extend** — used 3 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

extend [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8311/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂרַע: vb. extend [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8311/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. extend (Arabic شَرَعَ point directly at, also enter upon a path (Frä213 thinks orig. divide, then stretch out, make straight), شَرَعَةٌ projecting roof, أَسْرَعُ long-nosed (torto naso 𝔙 Lv 21:18); Ethiopic ሠርዐ: dispose, arrange; Sab. שרע arrangement, security HomChr 124;—but Aramaic ܣܪܺܝܥ expl. as mutilated Lv 21:18; 22:23 PS2744, cf. 𝔊 ὠτότμητος);— Pt. pass. שָׂרוּעַ extended, i.e. too long (in a limb or member), of man Lv 21:18, beast 22:23 (v. II. חרם). stretch oneself: Inf. cstr. הִשְׂתָּרֵעַ Is 28:20 (v מַצַּע p. 427a).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: having something enlarged (2); stretching oneself (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 28:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.20/#tree)

כִּֽי־קָצַ֥ר הַמַּצָּ֖ע מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה צָ֖רָה כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃

*Word for word:* (dm) it.is.\[too\].short the bed for stretching.oneself and the.woven stuff it.is.narrow just as.wraps.oneself.up

*JPS 1917:* For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.

[Leviticus 22:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.23/#tree)

וְשׁ֥וֹר וָשֶׂ֖ה שָׂר֣וּעַ וְקָל֑וּט נְדָבָה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ וּלְנֵ֖דֶר לֹ֥א יֵרָצֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and an.ox and a.sheep having.something.enlarged and having.something.stunted a.freewill.offering you.will.offer it and for a.vow not it.will.be.accepted

*JPS 1917:* Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing too long or too short, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8311.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8311/): 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).