Lexical Definition

‎שָׂגַב‎ sâgab (saw-gab') to exalt ^H:V
a primitive root

defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.

• to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible
• by implication, safe, strong
• used literally and figuratively

1) to be high, be inaccessibly high
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be (too) high (for capture)
1a2) to be high (of prosperity)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be high
1b2) to be set on high, be (safely) set on high
1b3) to be exalted (of God)
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to set on high, set (securely) on high
1c2) to exalt, exalt (in effective hostility)
1d) (Pual) to be set (securely) on high
1e) (Hiphil) to act exaltedly

See Greek: ἅγιον · ἀντιλαμβάνομαι · βοηθέω · διαφεύγω · ἐξεγείρω · κραταιόω · λυτρόω · σώζω · ὑψόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׂגַב‎] verb be (inaccessibly) high (compare ᵑ7 ‎שְׂגַב‎ Pa`el [from Hebrew] exalt); — Qal Perfect

1. 3 feminine singular ‎שָֽׂגְבָה‎ Deut 2:36, of city, with ‎מִן‎, be (too) high for capture.

2. 3 masculine plural ‎שָֽׂגְבוּ‎ Job 5:11 of person, be high in prosperity. Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִשְׂגַּב‎ Isa 2:11; Isa 2:17 ‎נִשְׂגָָּֽכ‎Prov 18:10 3 feminine singular ‎נִשְׂגְּבָה‎ Ps 139:6 Participle ‎נִשְׂגָּב‎ Isa 12:4 +; feminine singular ‎נִשְׂגָּבָה‎ Isa 26:5 +; —

1. be high, walls Isa 30:13; Prov 18:11 city Isa 26:5 God's knowledge Ps 139:6 (unattainable).

2. be (safely) set on high, Prov 18:10.

3. be exalted, of God Isa 2:11; Isa 2:17; Isa 33:5 his name Isa 12:4; Ps 148:13. Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְשַׂגֵּב‎ Isa 9:10*; Ps 107:41 suffix ‎יְשַׂגֶּבְךָ‎ Ps 20:2*, etc.; — transitive with accusative:

1. set (securely) on high, Ps 20:2*; Ps 69:30*; Ps 91:14 c, ‎מִן‎, of foe Ps 59:2*, affliction Ps 107:41.

2. exalt, in effective hostility, with ‎עַל‎, Isa 9:10*. Pu`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְשֻׂגָ֑ב‎ Prov 29:25 be set (securely) on high. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַשְׂגִּיב‎ Job 36:22 God acts exaltedly ‎בְּכֹחוֺ‎.

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