Word Study · Strong's H5429 · Hebrew
סְאָה
seah
seh-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çᵉʼâh
“a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) forgrain”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) forgrain
Rendered in the KJV as
measure.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- וְסָאתַ֧יִם2
- סְאִים֙2
- וּֽסְאָה־1
- סְאָֽה־1
- סְאָה־1
- סָאתַ֣יִם1
- סָאתַ֨יִם1
How it is rendered · 6
- a seah of2
- and two seahs2
- two seahs2
- and a seah of1
- seahs1
- seahs of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual2
- noun · feminine dual2
- noun · feminine singular2
- noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfda · 2
- HNcfda · 2
- HNcfsa · 2
- HNcmpa · 2
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Kings6 occurrences
- 2 Kings 7:1סְאָֽה־seah-noun · feminine singularThen Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”here: a seah of
- 2 Kings 7:1וְסָאתַ֧יִםvesatayimconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dualThen Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”here: and two seahs
- 2 Kings 7:16סְאָה־seah-noun · feminine singularThen the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.here: a seah of
- 2 Kings 7:16וְסָאתַ֧יִםvesatayimconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dualThen the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.here: and two seahs
- 2 Kings 7:18סָאתַ֨יִםsatayimnoun · feminine dualIt happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”here: two seahs
- 2 Kings 7:18וּֽסְאָה־useah-conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularIt happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”here: and a seah of