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Lexical senses and semantic domains
Sense 1: old
= state in which a human being is nearing the end of a long life
Semantic domains for this sense
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Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002026-01Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 18 (18 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 2: old person
= a person who is nearing the end of a relatively long life; ≈ regarded as wise, worthy of respect, and an asset to the community
Semantic domains for this sense
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Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002026-02Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 31 (31 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 3: senior, veteran
= person who has been given a certain level of authority due to experience and skill
Semantic domains for this sense Wise Same Semantic Domain Advanced source details
Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002026-03Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 4: elder
= a council or a group of older men who act with authority on behalf of or over their people; some represent an entire nation, others manage the affairs at the town level; some provide their leader with counsel; involved in both judicial and military decisions, and participating in cultic ceremonies; ≈ expected to be wise and considered worthy of deference and respect
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Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002026-04Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 131 (131 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON Use these links to inspect lexical identity and occurrences. Domain membership identifies related vocabulary to investigate; it does not assign a passage meaning.
Related words and biblical concepts Reviewed concept, LXX, and theological relationships are not included in this MVP. No candidate relationship is presented as established fact.
Advanced record identity Lemma ID SDBC-HEB-LEMMA-002026Page model version 1.0 Direction rtl Domain policy Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
