Strong's Lexicon

H5432

H5432 — סַאסְאָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewca'c'ahverbOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1452

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5432
Word:	סַאסְאָה
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	for H5429
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	ca'c'ah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	sah-seh-aw'
Meaning:	1. measurement, i.e. moderation
KJV Renderings:	measure.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5466

סְאָה noun feminine (see below) se'ah, a measure of flour, grain, etc. (√ unknown; perhaps foreign word; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic סְאָה, סָאתָא, [untranscribed source text 3501], [untranscribed source text 3502], [untranscribed source text 3503] (Greek σάτον, Lewy^{Fremdwörter 116 f} )); — absolute סְאָהֿ 2Kgs 7:1; 2Kgs 7:16, וּסֳאָהֿ 2Kgs 7:18 (Baer Ginsb compare Ges^{«GKC:10h»§
10h}); dual סָאתַיִם 1Kgs 18:32 + 3 t.; plural סְאִים Gen 18:6; 1Sam 25:18 — always with appositive of thing measured, Gen 18:6 ( J ), 1Sam 25:18; 1Kgs 18:32; 2Kgs 7:1 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 7:16 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 7:18 (twice in verse) (where apparently masculine, perhaps after analogy of other measures of capacity, הִין, תֹמֶר, כֹּר, etc., Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 95}); — סַאסְּאָה Isa 27:8 see סאסא . — On size of se'ah = 1/3 ephah, = 12.148 litres (= 10.696 qts.), see Now^{Archaeology i. 203} Benz^{Archaeology 183}.

BDB5469

[סֵאסֵא] verb

Pilpel, whence Infinitive בְּסַאסְאָהּ ( ᵑ0 בְּסַאסְּאָה) Isa 27:8 = by driving her (it) away (conjecture from || בְּשַׁלְּחָהּ), according to Hi Ew Di Du Che^Hpt AmRV^m; > = בִּסְאָה סְאָה by the se'ah, the se'ah, i.e. (Ges^{«GKC:123c»§
123c}, «GKC:133k»133k) by exact measure Vrss (not ᵐ5 ), Ges De compare AV RV , which is probably Rabbinic conceit. (On formative compare טאטא, and see Ges^{«GKC:55f»§ 55f}. Sta^{§§ 112 a
Anm. 2; 238.})

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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