Lexical Definition

‎סָגַד‎ çâgad (saw-gad') to prostrate ^H:V
a primitive root

fall down.

• to prostrate oneself (in homage)

1) (Qal) to prostrate oneself (in worship)

See Greek: κύπτω · προσκυνέω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: se.gid (‎ס‎ְ‎ג‎ִ֑‎ד‎ "to do homage" סְגִד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎סָגַד‎] verb prostrate oneself in worship (only Isa 44:46) (perhaps Aramaic loan-word in Hebrew, compare Nö^{ZMG xli (1887), 719}; Aramaic ‎סְגֵב‎, , so Old Aramaic ‎סגד‎, (Sachau) Lzb³²⁸; Ethiopic all id.; Arabic be lowly, submissive, prostrate oneself in prayer, etc., mosque, Nabataean ‎מסגדא‎ shrine (?) Lzb^{152. 328}, Syriac = Arabic; compare We^{Skizzen iii. 165}; Heid. 141); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִסְגּוֺד לוֺ‎ Isa 44:17 Kt he prostrateth himself to it (an idol; Qr ‎יִסְגָּדלֿוֺ‎; + ‎יִשְׁתַּחוּ‎, ‎יִתְפַּלֵּל‎); ‎וַיִּסְגָּדלָֿ֑מוֺ‎ vIsa 44:15 (|| ‎וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ‎); 1 singular ‎לְבוּל עֵץ אֶסְגּוֺד‎ vIsa 44:19 3 masculine plural ‎יִסְגְּדוּ‎ ‎אַףיִֿשְׁתַּחֲווּ‎ Isa 46:6 (absolute). — compare Biblical Aramaic ‎סְגִד‎.

‎סִגִים‎, ‎סִגִּים‎ see ‎סִיג‎ below I. ‎סוג‎.

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