Lexicon
שׂוּר
sur
H7787
H:V Hebrew

to saw

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Hebrew
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sur describes sawing people with saws and iron cutting tools in a single attested narrative scene.

The lone attestation depicts a completed action directed at people brought out of a city: in 1 Chronicles 20:3 the APB renders the clause “he sawed them with saws and with iron cutting tools and with saws.”

Senses in use

  1. Sawing people with cutting tools · dominant

    In 1 Chronicles 20:3, the Qal sequential imperfect form occurs after people are brought out; the APB renders the following action as “he sawed them with saws and with iron cutting tools and with saws.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Chronicles 20:3, the APB presents the action with “he sawed them,” followed by saws and iron cutting tools. The precise contribution of the Hebrew form cannot be separated beyond this clause-level presentation.

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