Lexical Definition

‎שָׂדֶה‎ sâdeh (saw-deh') Sirion ^H:N-M
or שָׂדַי sâday (saw-dah'-ee); from an unused root meaning to spread out

country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

• a field (as flat)

1) field, land
1a) cultivated field
1b) of home of wild beasts
1c) plain (opposed to mountain)
1d) land (opposed to sea)

See Greek: ἄγριος · ἀγρός · ἀμπελών · γεώργιον · γῆ · ἡγέομαι · ὁδός · ὅριον · χώρα

Extended Information

meaning of: שָׂדֶה

• : country/field

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׂדַי‎ noun masculine^{Ps 96:12} field, land (rare original form of ‎שָׂדֶה‎ (q. v. below), only in poetry); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Jer 4:17, ‎שָׂדָ֑י‎ Hos 10:4 +; —

1. cultivated field Hos 12:12*, also Hos 10:4 (si vera lectio, but see Now), yielding food Deut 32:13; Lam 4:9 ‎׳‎‎שֹׁמְרֵי שׂ‎ Jer 4:17 keepers, watchmen of a field.

2. home of wild beasts: ‎׳‎‎בְּהֵמוֺת שׂ‎ Ps 8:8*; Joel 2:22, ‎׳‎‎חַיְתוֺ שׂ‎ Isa 56:9; Ps 104:11, ‎׳‎‎זִזִ שׂ‎ Ps 50:11; Ps 80:14*.

3. plain, opposite mountain, Jer 18:14 (but dubious, Co Du ‎שִׂרְיֹן‎).

4. land, opposed to sea, Ps 96:12 (compare ‎שָׂדֶה‎ 3; || ‎תֵּבֵל‎ Ps 98:7).

‎שָׂדֶה‎₃₁₈ noun masculine^{Lev 27:24} id. (ordinary contracted form Ges^{«GKC:84a»§ 84 a f}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Gen 2:5 (twice in verse) +; construct ‎שְׂדֵה‎ Gen 14:7 +; suffix ‎שָׂדִי‎ Jer 32:7; Jer 32:8, ‎שָֽׂדְךָ‎ Deut 11:15 +, ‎שָׂדֶ֑ךָ‎ Deut 24:19; Lev 25:3, etc.; plural ‎שָׂדוֺת‎ 1Sam 22:7 +, construct ‎שְׂדוֺת‎ Neh 12:29 also ‎שְׂדֵי‎ 2Sam 1:21; Isa 32:12; Ruth 1:1 + 8 t. (some might be singular = ‎שְׂדֵה‎ compare Ba^{ZMG xlii (1888), 351} SS Buhl; note, e.g. ‎שְׂדֵי‎ Ruth 1:6a, = ‎שְׂדֵה‎ v^b Ruth 4:3 but see Kö^{ii. 1, 77}); suffix ‎שְׂדֹתֶיהָ‎ Neh 11:30, etc.; also ‎שָׂדֶיךָ‎ 1Kgs 2:26, ‎שָׂדֵינוּ‎ Mic 2:4 —

1. open field, country:
a. pasture-land Gen 29:2; Gen 30:16; Exod 9:3 (all J), Deut 11:15; 1Sam 11:5 + 10 t. J, JE.
b. unfrequented Gen 24:63; Gen 24:65, exposed to violence Gen 4:8 (J), 2Sam 14:6; Deut 21:1; Deut 22:25; Deut 22:27, to wild beasts Exod 22:30* (E), Ezek 33:27.
c. specifically home of beasts: 2Sam 17:8; Jer 14:5 especially phrase ‎׳‎‎חַיַּת הַשּׂ‎ Gen 2:19; Gen 2:20; Gen 3:1; Gen 3:14 (all J) of beasts in general, and, of wild beasts, Exod 23:11; Exod 23:29 (E), Hos 2:14*; Hos 2:20*; Hos 4:3; Hos 13:8; (H), Job 5:23 (|| ‎חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ‎), + 16 t.; ‎׳‎‎בֶּהֱמַת הַשּׂ‎ 1Sam 17:44 compare Joel 1:20 ‎׳‎‎אַיְלוֺת הַשּׂ‎ Song 2:7; Song 3:5, compare ‎׳‎‎הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשּׂ‎ 2Sam 2:18 hunting-ground Gen 25:29; Gen 27:3; Gen 27:5 (all J E), compare ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ שׂ‎ Gen 25:27 (J E; || ‎אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ צַיִד‎).
d. yielding plants and trees: Gen 25:27 (JE), Gen 30:14 (J), Exod 10:5 (JE), 2Kgs 4:39; Ezek 21:2*; Ezek 39:10 especially phrase ‎׳‎‎עֵשֶׂב הַשּׂ‎ Gen 2:5; Gen 3:18 (both J), + 6 t. + ‎׳‎‎בַּשּׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Zech 10:1 ‎׳‎‎שִׂיח הַשּׂ‎ Gen 2:5, ‎׳‎‎גֶּפֶן שׂ‎ 2Kgs 4:39, ‎׳‎‎פַּקֻּעֹת שׂ‎ V:39, ‎׳‎‎צִיץ הַשּׂ‎ Isa 40:15; Ps 103:15, ‎׳‎‎צֶמַח הַשּׂ‎ Ezek 16:7 ‎׳‎‎עֵץ הַשּׂ‎ (4 t. ‎עֲצֵי‎) Exod 9:25 (JE), Deut 20:19; Lev 26:4 (H) Isa 55:12 + 8 t.; 2Sam 1:21 see ‎תְּרוּמָה‎, √ ‎רום‎.
e. stony, ‎׳‎‎אַבְנֵי הַשּׂ‎ Job 5:23. feminine open country, outside of walled city Judg 9:32; Judg 9:42; Judg 9:43; Judg 9:44; Judg 19:16; 1Sam 19:3; 1Sam 20:5; 1Sam 20:11 (twice in verse); 1Sam 20:24; 1Sam 20:35; 2Kgs 7:12; Mic 4:10 as battle-ground Josh 8:24 (J), 2Sam 10:8 = 1Chr 19:9; 2Sam 11:23; 2Sam 18:6, outside of military camp 1Sam 4:2; 1Sam 14:15 opposed to city (in formula) 1Kgs 14:11; 1Kgs 16:4; 1Kgs 21:24; Jer 14:18; Ezek 7:15 ‎שְׂדֵה אֶרֶץ‎ Lev 25:31 as site of small town, country-town 1Sam 27:5 (opposed to royal city), compare 1Chr 27:25 of high places, ‎׳‎‎גְּבָעוֺת בַּשּׂ‎ Jer 13:27 quite general, 1Sam 30:11; Jer 40:7; Jer 40:13 including road Judg 20:31; 1Kgs 11:29; Jer 6:25 distinguished from road Num 22:23 (JE), 2Sam 20:12 outside houses and courtyards Exod 8:9* (P), 1Sam 25:15 ‎׳‎‎בַּשּׂ‎ nearly = outdoors Exod 1:14 (P), Judg 13:9 of surface of country or ground, ‎׳‎‎בַּשּׂ‎ Exod 16:25 (J E; = ‎עַלפְּֿנֵי הַמִּדְבָּר‎ V:14), compare 1Sam 14:25 so ‎׳‎‎(אֶל) לְַפְּֿנֵי הַשּׂ‎ 2Kgs 9:37; Jer 9:22*; Ezek 29:5 (|| ‎הַמִּדְבָּ֫רָה‎), Ezek 32:4; Ezek 39:5 same phrase opposed to house, comfort, etc., 2Sam 11:11; Ezek 16:5, opposed to city Lev 14:7; Lev 14:53, opposed to tent Num 19:16 (all P), opposed to tent of meeting Lev 17:5 (H).
g. = expanse of country, opposed to mountain, in phrase ‎׳‎‎מְרוֺמֵי שׂ‎ Judg 5:18 ‎׳‎‎הֲרָרִי בַּשּׂ‎ Jer 17:3 (of Jerusalem) is dubious; compare ‎׳‎‎לְעִי הַשּׂ‎ Mic 1:6 (Jer 18:14 see ‎שָׂדַי‎).

2. definite portion of ground, field, land:
a. cultivated ground Gen 37:7 (E), Gen 47:24 (J; ‎זֶרַע הַשָּׂדֶה‎), Exod 22:4* (3 t. in verse); Exod 22:5* (E), Lev 27:16; Lev 27:17 (P), Mic 3:12 (in simile) Ruth 2:2 + 47 t., + ‎שְׂדֵי תְרוּמוֺת‎ 2Sam 1:21, ‎זָֿ֑רַע‎‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Ezek 17:5, ‎שָׂדֶה טוֺב‎ V:8 good soil.
b. as private property, Mic 5:2*; Mic 5:4*; Isa 5:8 (twice in verse); Gen 47:20 (J), Gen 23:9; Gen 23:11; Gen 23:13 (P) + 50 t., + 2Chr 26:23 (as burial-place); also ‎׳‎‎חֶלְקַת (הַ)שּׂ‎, see ‎חֶלְקָה‎; and ‎צֹפִים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎, see ‎צפה‎.
c. city-land, adjacent to city (town) and subject to its control: Gen 41:48 (E), Lev 25:34 (P), Josh 21:12 (P) = 1Chr 6:41*; Neh 11:25; Neh 11:30; Neh 12:29; Neh 12:44 specifically of Zoan Ps 78:12; Ps 78:43.
d. territory of nation, tribe: Gen 32:4*; Num 21:20 (both J E), Judg 5:4; Ruth 1:1; Ruth 1:2; Gen 14:7 + 13 t. + ‎׳‎‎שְׂדֵה נִחֲלַת יִשׂ‎ Judg 20:6.
e. territory of king, 2Sam 9:7; 2Sam 13:30.

3. land, opposed to sea, 1Chr 16:32 (opposed to ‎הַיָּם‎; = ‎שָׂדַי‎ Ps 96:12), perhaps also mainland Ezek 26:6; Ezek 26:8 (Co Krae Toy and others; not Sm).

‎שִׂדִּים‎ see ‎שׂדד‎. ‎שְׂדֵרָה‎ see ‎סדר‎ above,

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