Lexicon
סַגְרִיר
sag.rid
H5464
H:N-M Hebrew

rain

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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

sag.rid denotes rain in the single attested comparison to a leaky roof's constant dripping.

The lone occurrence uses the noun for rain as the setting of a comparison involving the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

Senses in use

  1. Rain in a roof-dripping comparison · dominant

    In Proverbs 27:15, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the comparison of a quarrelsome wife with persistent roof dripping; the APB renders the verse with a leaky roof “in a rainstorm.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 27:15, the APB presents the scene as a leaky roof “in a rainstorm.” This wording confirms the verse's rain setting rather than isolating a precise English token for the noun.

Passages featuring this word

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