Lexical Definition

‎סִיג‎ çîyg (seeg) dross ^H:N-M
or סוּג çûwg (soog); (Ezekiel 22:18), from ‎סוּג‎ in the sense of refuse

dross.

• scoria

1) a moving back or away
2) dross (usually of silver)

See Greek: ἀδόκιμος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סִיג‎, ‎שִׂיג‎ noun [masculine]

1. a moving back or away;

2. dross (what is removed from metal); — absolute‎סִיג‎ Ezek 22:18 Qr (‎סוג‎ Kt), ‎שִׂיג‎ 1Kgs 18:27 **omitted ‎ᵐ5‎L, dittograph for ‎שִׂיחַ‎ Klo Bur. (‎שׂ‎ for ‎ס‎, but see below); plural ‎סִיגִים‎ (van d. H. ‎סִגִּים‎) Isa 1:22 + 3 t.; ‎סִגִֿים‎ Ezek 22:18 + 2 t.; suffix ‎סִיגָ֑יִךָ‎ Isa 1:25 —

1. a moving back, away: ‎שִׂיג לוֺ‎ 1Kgs 18:27 there is a moving back to him = he has moved back, away (probably of temporary withdrawal, different from ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ journey).

2. dross, usually of silver Prov 25:4 (‎מִכָּ֑סֶף‎), Prov 26:23 ‎ׅ‎‎׳‎‎(כֶּסֶף ס‎, so (figurative of Israel) Isa 1:22 compare see 25, Ezek 22:18b (‎סִיגִים כֶּסֶף‎ ᵑ0, ‎בְּתוֺךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ ᵐ5 Co Berthol; — Co strike out ‎׳‎‎ס‎ not so Berthol Toy), compare vEzek 22:18 a. 19; indefinite Ps 119:119.

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