Lexicon
שָׂרַע
sa.ra
H8311
H:V Hebrew

to extend

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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

sa.ra denotes being extended or overlong, including a limb described as too long and an attempt to stretch out.

The attested use describes extension or excess length: twice as a passive participle for an animal or person marked by an overlong limb, and once in the action of stretching out where a bed is too short.

Senses in use

  1. Overlong bodily feature · dominant

    In Leviticus 21:18, the Qal passive participle occurs in a list of bodily blemishes, where the APB renders the clause "one who has a limb too long." In Leviticus 22:23, the same participial form describes an ox or sheep in the offering context; the APB renders the animal as "deformed or stunted," so the term's individual English correspondence is not fully isolable there.

  2. Stretching oneself out · occasional

    In Isaiah 28:20, the Hithpael infinitive construct occurs with a bed that is too short; the APB renders the clause "too short for stretching out," presenting the action as an attempt to extend oneself.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the Isaiah clause with "stretching out" and explicitly describes a "limb too long" in Leviticus 21:18. In Leviticus 22:23 it uses the broader description "deformed or stunted"; That wording cannot be assigned precisely to the term.

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