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שָׂדַי noun masculinePs 96:12 field, land (rare original form of שָׂדֶה (q. v. below), only in poetry); — absolute ׳שׂ Jer 4:17, שָׂדָ֑י Hos 10:4 +; — 3. plain, opposite mountain,
Jer 18:14 (but dubious,
Co Du שִׂרְיֹן).
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שָׂדֶה318 noun masculineLev 27:24 id. (ordinary contracted form Ges«GKC:84a»§ 84 a f); — absolute ׳שׂ Gen 2:5 (twice in verse) +; construct שְׂדֵה Gen 14:7 +; suffix שָׂדִי Jer 32:7; Jer 32:8, שָֽׂדְךָ Deut 11:15 +, שָׂדֶ֑ךָ Deut 24:19; Lev 25:3, etc.; plural שָׂדוֺת 1Sam 22:7 +, construct שְׂדוֺת Neh 12:29 also שְׂדֵי 2Sam 1:21; Isa 32:12; Ruth 1:1 + 8 t. (some might be singular = שְׂדֵה compare BaZMG xlii (1888), 351 SS Buhl; note, e.g. שְׂדֵי Ruth 1:6a, = שְׂדֵה vb Ruth 4:3 but see Köii. 1, 77); suffix שְׂדֹתֶיהָ Neh 11:30, etc.; also שָׂדֶיךָ 1Kgs 2:26, שָׂדֵינוּ Mic 2:4 —
1. open
field, country:
a. pasture-land
Gen 29:2;
Gen 30:16;
Exod 9:3 (all
J),
Deut 11:15;
1Sam 11:5 + 10 t.
J, JE.
b. unfrequented
Gen 24:63;
Gen 24:65, exposed to violence
Gen 4:8 (
J),
2Sam 14:6;
Deut 21:1;
Deut 22:25;
Deut 22:27, to wild beasts
Exod 22:30 (
E),
Ezek 33:27.
c. specifically
home of beasts: 2Sam 17:8; Jer 14:5 especially phrase ׳חַיַּת הַשּׂ Gen 2:19; Gen 2:20; Gen 3:1; Gen 3:14 (all J) of beasts in general, and, of wild beasts, Exod 23:11; Exod 23:29 (E), Hos 2:14; Hos 2:20; Hos 4:3; Hos 13:8; (H), Job 5:23 (|| חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ), + 16 t.; ׳בֶּהֱמַת הַשּׂ 1Sam 17:44 compare Joel 1:20 ׳אַיְלוֺת הַשּׂ Song 2:7; Song 3:5, compare ׳הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשּׂ 2Sam 2:18 hunting-ground Gen 25:29; Gen 27:3; Gen 27:5 (all J E), compare ׳אִישׁ שׂ Gen 25:27 (J E; || אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ צַיִד).
d. yielding plants and trees: Gen 25:27 (JE), Gen 30:14 (J), Exod 10:5 (JE), 2Kgs 4:39; Ezek 21:2; Ezek 39:10 especially phrase ׳עֵשֶׂב הַשּׂ Gen 2:5; Gen 3:18 (both J), + 6 t. + ׳בַּשּׂ ׳ע Zech 10:1 ׳שִׂיח הַשּׂ Gen 2:5, ׳גֶּפֶן שׂ 2Kgs 4:39, ׳פַּקֻּעֹת שׂ V:39, ׳צִיץ הַשּׂ Isa 40:15; Ps 103:15, ׳צֶמַח הַשּׂ Ezek 16:7 ׳עֵץ הַשּׂ (4 t. עֲצֵי) Exod 9:25 (JE), Deut 20:19; Lev 26:4 (H) Isa 55:12 + 8 t.; 2Sam 1:21 see תְּרוּמָה, √ רום.
e. stony, ׳אַבְנֵי הַשּׂ Job 5:23. feminine open country, outside of walled city Judg 9:32; Judg 9:42; Judg 9:43; Judg 9:44; Judg 19:16; 1Sam 19:3; 1Sam 20:5; 1Sam 20:11 (twice in verse); 1Sam 20:24; 1Sam 20:35; 2Kgs 7:12; Mic 4:10 as battle-ground Josh 8:24 (J), 2Sam 10:8 = 1Chr 19:9; 2Sam 11:23; 2Sam 18:6, outside of military camp 1Sam 4:2; 1Sam 14:15 opposed to city (in formula) 1Kgs 14:11; 1Kgs 16:4; 1Kgs 21:24; Jer 14:18; Ezek 7:15 שְׂדֵה אֶרֶץ Lev 25:31 as site of small town, country-town 1Sam 27:5 (opposed to royal city), compare 1Chr 27:25 of high places, ׳גְּבָעוֺת בַּשּׂ Jer 13:27 quite general, 1Sam 30:11; Jer 40:7; Jer 40:13 including road Judg 20:31; 1Kgs 11:29; Jer 6:25 distinguished from road Num 22:23 (JE), 2Sam 20:12 outside houses and courtyards Exod 8:9 (P), 1Sam 25:15 ׳בַּשּׂ nearly = outdoors Exod 1:14 (P), Judg 13:9 of surface of country or ground, ׳בַּשּׂ Exod 16:25 (J E; = עַלפְּֿנֵי הַמִּדְבָּר V:14), compare 1Sam 14:25 so ׳(אֶל) לְַפְּֿנֵי הַשּׂ 2Kgs 9:37; Jer 9:22; Ezek 29:5 (|| הַמִּדְבָּ֫רָה), Ezek 32:4; Ezek 39:5 same phrase opposed to house, comfort, etc., 2Sam 11:11; Ezek 16:5, opposed to city Lev 14:7; Lev 14:53, opposed to tent Num 19:16 (all P), opposed to tent of meeting Lev 17:5 (H).
g. = expanse of country, opposed to mountain, in phrase ׳מְרוֺמֵי שׂ Judg 5:18 ׳הֲרָרִי בַּשּׂ Jer 17:3 (of Jerusalem) is dubious; compare ׳לְעִי הַשּׂ Mic 1:6 (Jer 18:14 see שָׂדַי). 2. definite portion of ground,
field, land: a. cultivated ground
Gen 37:7 (
E),
Gen 47:24 (
J;
זֶרַע הַשָּׂדֶה),
Exod 22:4 (3 t. in verse);
Exod 22:5 (
E),
Lev 27:16;
Lev 27:17 (
P),
Mic 3:12 (in simile)
Ruth 2:2 + 47 t., +
שְׂדֵי תְרוּמוֺת 2Sam 1:21,
זָֿ֑רַע׳שׂ Ezek 17:5,
שָׂדֶה טוֺב V:8
good soil.
b. as private property,
Mic 5:2;
Mic 5:4;
Isa 5:8 (twice in verse);
Gen 47:20 (
J),
Gen 23:9;
Gen 23:11;
Gen 23:13 (
P) + 50 t., +
2Chr 26:23 (as burial-place); also
׳חֶלְקַת (הַ)שּׂ, see
חֶלְקָה; and
צֹפִים ׳שׂ, see
צפה.
c. city-land, adjacent to city (town) and subject to its control:
Gen 41:48 (
E),
Lev 25:34 (
P),
Josh 21:12 (
P) =
1Chr 6:41;
Neh 11:25;
Neh 11:30;
Neh 12:29;
Neh 12:44 specifically of Zoan
Ps 78:12;
Ps 78:43.
d. territory of nation, tribe:
Gen 32:4;
Num 21:20 (both
J E),
Judg 5:4;
Ruth 1:1;
Ruth 1:2;
Gen 14:7 + 13 t. +
׳שְׂדֵה נִחֲלַת יִשׂ Judg 20:6.
e. territory of king,
2Sam 9:7;
2Sam 13:30.
שִׂדִּים see שׂדד. שְׂדֵרָה see סדר above,