se.vah denotes gray hair and the condition of advanced age, whether honored, sustained, or brought to death.

The occurrences use the term for gray hair and for advanced age as a condition: it marks elderly persons, describes a favorable old age, and can be the object of honor, support, or threatened loss.

1. Gray hair and advanced age · dominant

   In Genesis 15:15 the absolute form occurs in the promise of burial at a pleasant old age, while Deuteronomy 32:25 places it beside young people and a nursing child in a scene of indiscriminate terror. In Leviticus 19:32 the APB renders the clause "rise before the gray head," and Proverbs 16:31 presents it as a crown of beauty found in the way of righteousness; Hosea 7:9 describes gray hair being sprinkled on a person.

   Genesis 15:15Deuteronomy 32:25Leviticus 19:32Proverbs 16:31Hosea 7:9Ruth 4:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the term through expressions such as "old age," "gray-haired man," "grey head," "grey hairs," and "greyheadedness." These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.