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Lexical senses and semantic domains
Sense 1: heart's desire
literally: lifting up (one's) self; hence: = action by which humans turn to (other) humans with the confidence that they will find joy and comfort there
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Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004423-01Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 2: carrying, bearing
literally: lifting up; hence: = state in which humans are bearing a load while moving from one place to another
Semantic domains for this sense Hold Same Semantic Domain Advanced source details
Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004423-02Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 5 (5 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 3: burden, responsibility
literally: burden; hence: = a heavy responsibility that a person bears ◄ as if it were a physical load
Semantic domains for this sense Bear Same Semantic Domain Advanced source details
Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004423-03Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 8 (8 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 4: burden, load
= an object or collection of objects to be carried; ◄ may be of a relatively heavy weight
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Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004423-04Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 19 (19 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 5: load (as a quantity)
= an amount of goods according to what a certain animal was considered able to carry
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Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004423-05Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 3 (3 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 6: suffering, oppression
literally: burden; hence: = process by which humans suffer violence from (other) humans, ◄ which is perceived as a heavy load
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Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004423-06Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 7: music, song, singing
meaning unsure; literally: lifting up (one's voice); hence, possibly: = action by which one utters words with a set or improvised tune, whether accompanied by musical instruments and dancing or not
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Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004423-07Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 3 (3 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 8: pronouncement, instruction
= a message from someone in authority, such as a deity or sage, intended to serve as instruction, guidance, or comfort
Semantic domains for this sense Know Same Semantic Domain Advanced source details
Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004423-08Source ubs_hebrew_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 30 (30 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 9: Massa
= man; ◄ son of Ishmael , son of Abraham
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Sense ID SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004423-09Source 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 No exact site Strong's mapping is available for this lemma. 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-004423Page model version 1.0 Direction rtl Domain policy Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
