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Strong's #7682 - שָׂגַב
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- to be high, be inaccessibly high
- (Qal)
- to be (too) high (for capture)
- to be high (of prosperity)
- (Niphal)
- to be high
- to be set on high, be (safely) set on high
- to be exalted (of God)
- (Piel)
- to set on high, set (securely) on high
- to exalt, exalt (in effective hostility)
- (Pual) to be set (securely) on high
- (Hiphil) to act exaltedly
- (Qal)
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2463) bcx (סגב SGB) AC: Lift CO: Tower AB: ?: [from: bc- high]
V) bcx (סגב SGB) - Lift: [df: bgV] KJV (20): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual, Piel) high, exalt, defend, safe, excellent - Strongs: H7682 (שָׂגַב)
hm ) bcxm (מסגב MSGB) - Tower: A high place of defense and protection. [df: bgVm] KJV (17): defense, refuge, tower, fort - Strongs: H4869 (מִשְׂגָּב)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 3 feminine singular שָֽׂגְבָה Deuteronomy 2:36, of city, with מִן, be (too) high for capture.
2 3 masculine plural שָֽׂגְבוּ Job 5:11 of person, be high in prosperity.
Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נִשְׂגַּב Isaiah 2:11,17; נִשְׂגָָּֽכ Proverbs 18:10; 3 feminine singular נִשְׂגְּבָה Psalm 139:6 Participle נִשְׂגָּב Isaiah 12:4 +; feminine singular נִשְׂגָּבָה Isaiah 26:5 +; —
1 be high, walls Isaiah 30:13; Proverbs 18:11; city Isaiah 26:5; God's knowledge Psalm 139:6 (unattainable).
2 be (safely) set on high, Proverbs 18:10.
3 be exalted, of God Isaiah 2:11,17; Isaiah 33:5; his name Isaiah 12:4; Psalm 148:13.
Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְשַׂגֵּב Isaiah 9:10; Psalm 107:41; suffix יְשַׂגֶּבְךָ Psalm 20:2, etc.; — transitive with accusative:
1 set (securely) on high, Psalm 20:2; Psalm 69:30; Psalm 91:14; c, מִן, of foe Psalm 59:2, affliction Psalm 107:41.
2 exalt, in effective hostility, with עַל, Isaiah 9:10.
Pu`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְשֻׂגָ֑ב Proverbs 29:25 be set (securely) on high.
Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַשְׂגִּיב Job 36:22 God acts exaltedly בְּכֹחוֺ.
שָׂגַב i.q. רוּם, but (except Deuteronomy 2:3) only found in poetry.
(1) to lift oneself up (cogn. to the root גָּבַב, compare שָׂגָא i.q. גָּאָה), Job 5:11.
(2) to be lofty, of an inaccessible city, Deuteronomy 2:36.
Niphal, to be high, Proverbs 18:11. Figuratively
(a) to be most high, of God, Psalms 148:13; Isaiah 2:11.
(b) to be set in a high place; hence to be safely protected, Proverbs 18:10, compare מִשְׂגָּב.
(c) to be hard to be understood, Psalms 139:6.
Piel, to set on high, to exalt any one; always metaph.
(a) to make powerful, Isaiah 9:10.
(b) to protect safely, Psalms 20:2, 69:30 91:14 followed by מִן from an enemy (compare מִן No. 3, a), Psalms 59:2, 107:41.
Pual, pass. of Piel, letter b, Proverbs 29:25.
Hiphil, to exalt oneself, to shew oneself exalted, Job 36:22.
Derivatives, מִשְׂגָּב, and pr.n. שְׂגוּב.