Hebrew words starting with samekh
199 words in the Bible begin with samekh (ס), listed most frequent first. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- savivסָבִיבaround: the space, edge, or people that encircle something on every side
- surסוּרto turn aside or depart: move away from a path, a person, or a course of life
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- to remove or take away: cause something or someone to leave
- sepherסֵפֶרa written document: anything committed to writing, from a letter to a legal deed to a book
- savavסָבַבto turn: change the direction one is facing or moving, or send something a roundabout way
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- to go around: move in a circuit or circle around something, or run around a thing as a rim does
- to surround: close in around someone or something on every side
- to turn something over: hand it on, transfer it, or change it into something else
- sapharסָפַרto count, and so to recount: to take a tally of things, or to tell them over one by one as a story
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- a scribe: a trained official who keeps records, writes documents, and manages affairs of state or temple
- susסוּסa horse: the swift, powerful animal harnessed for war, royal travel, and trade
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- a swift: a small migratory bird known for its piping cry and its reliable seasonal return
- sagarסָגַרto shut or close something, keeping what is outside out or what is inside in
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- to hand over or surrender someone into another's power
- satarסָתַרto hide: to put or keep someone or something out of sight, reach, or knowledge
- selahסֶלָהSelah: a direction inserted in a psalm marking a moment in its performance, whose exact meaning is no longer known
- selaסֶלַעa large rock: a cliff, crag, or massive boulder, and by extension a secure place of refuge
- soletסֹלֶתfine flour: the finely milled, sifted top grade of wheat flour
- samakhסָמַךְto press one's weight onto something or someone: to lean on it, lay a hand firmly on it, or hold it up
- salaḥסָלַחto forgive: for God to pardon sin and release the offender from its guilt
- sarisסָרִיסa court official: a trusted royal attendant or high officer in a king's service.
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- a eunuch: a man who has been castrated.
- sedomסְדֹםSodomnot studied yet
- siḥonסִיחוֹןSihonnot studied yet
- seterסֵתֶרa cover: a place or condition of being hidden, whether for shelter or for secrecy
- sinayסִינַיSinainot studied yet
- sirסִירa pot: a large open vessel for cooking, temple service, or washing
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- a thorn or thornbush; also a thorn-shaped hook
- saphסַףa basin or bowl: a wide, shallow open vessel for holding liquid.
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- a threshold: the sill of a doorway, and by extension the guarded point of entry to a building.
- sukkahסֻכָּהa booth: a temporary shelter woven from leafy branches
- saphadסָפַדto wail in mourning: to perform the loud, public lament for the dead, chest-beating and crying aloud.
- suphסוּףreeds, rushes: the tall marsh plants (probably papyrus) that grow in shallow fresh water
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- the sea Israel crossed and the arms of the Red Sea, in the fixed phrase "Sea of Reeds" (yam suph)
- sakhakhסָכַךְto cover or screen something by spreading a covering over or around it, often to shelter and protect
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- to weave or knit together, to lace separate strands into one whole
- to stir people up against one another, to incite to conflict
- se'arahסְעָרָהa violently raging wind: a tempest, gale, or storm-wind
- saqalסָקַלto stone: to throw stones at a person, usually to put them to death
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- to clear of stones: to rid a field or road of stones
- serenסֶרֶןa lord of the Philistines: one of the five rulers who governed the Philistine city-states
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- an axle: a part of the wheel assembly of Solomon's movable bronze temple stands
- sodסוֹדan intimate inner circle and the confidential exchange within it: the trusted company, its private counsel, and the secret or friendship that binds it together
- saḥarסָחַרto do business as a traveling trader, buying and selling goods; (as a participle) a merchant
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- to move restlessly about; (of the heart) to pound or throb
- sisraסִיסְרָאSiseranot studied yet
- saphahסָפָהto sweep or scrape away to destruction; and so, in the passive, to be swept away and perish
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- to add or heap up, piling one thing on top of another (usually guilt or wrath)
- sutסוּתto incite: to move someone to a course of action by persuasion, provocation, or enticement
- sukkotסֻכּוֹתSuccothnot studied yet
- saganסָגָןa subordinate government official: an appointed prefect or deputy who administered a province or city under a higher authority
- sararסָרַרto be stubborn: to dig in and refuse to submit to a rightful authority
- suphahסוּפָהa violent windstorm: a fierce, driving gale that sweeps everything before it
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- Suphah: a place named in a fragment of an old war-song, its location now unknown
- samסַםfragrant spice: an aromatic ingredient used to make the holy incense
- salסַלa basket: a woven, open container for carrying food, most often bread
- sugסוּגto turn back: to draw away from where one stood, whether retreating in defeat or falling away from someone once followed
- satamסָתַםto close something off so that nothing can get through it, and so make it inaccessible: from stopping up a well to sealing a message shut
- sanḥerivסַנְחֵרִיבSennacheribnot studied yet
- sakhanסָכַןto be of benefit: to be worth something to the one who stands to gain
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- an attendant: a person kept close to a superior to look after him personally
- to be long familiar with: to know something by living with it rather than by hearing of it
- salalסָלַלto heap earth and stone up high: to build a raised road or ramp, or to pile something into a mound
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- to lift someone or something high: to prize it, or to set yourself up over another
- sa'adסָעַדto hold something up so it does not give way, by supplying whatever keeps it standing
- solelahסֹלְלָהsiege ramp: a mound of earth and stones heaped up against a city wall so that attackers and battering rams can reach the top
- sappirסַפִּירa costly deep blue gemstone, almost certainly lapis lazuli rather than the clear blue jewel English now calls sapphire
- sanvallatסַנְבַלַּטSanballatnot studied yet
- saphaqסָפַקto strike sharply with the hand: to clap the palms together, slap the thigh, or land a blow
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- to be enough: to go far enough to cover what is needed
- se'ahסְאָהseah: a fixed dry measure for grain and flour, a third of the larger standard measure and roughly seven litres
- savalסָבַלto bear a heavy load: to take a weight onto your own shoulders or back and go on holding it up
- sukhסוּךְto rub oil on skin: the everyday oiling of a body, not a ceremony.
- segullahסְגֻלָּהa treasured possession: property set aside as personally one's own and prized above all the rest of what one owns
- soharסֹהַרprison: the guarded royal lockup in Egypt where Joseph and the king's other prisoners were held
- sigסִיגthe worthless slag skimmed off when silver is refined; by extension, a figure for what was once precious now debased into refuse
- sakhalסָכַלto prove a fool: to do something that turns out to be folly, or to make someone else's wisdom turn out to be folly
- sarahסָרָהrevolt against God: a turning away from him, and the talk that pushes others into it
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- a serious wrong charged in court: the damaging accusation a hostile witness brings against someone
- a letting up: the stopping of something that has been going on without pause
- suphסוּףto come to a complete end and be gone; and, with God acting, to finish something off entirely.
- saḥarסַחַרprofitnot studied yet
- sakhalסָכָלfool: the person who simply has no sense, whose emptiness of judgment shows up in what he does and how much he talks
- sikhlutסִכְלוּתfolly: the dull, thick-headed unwisdom that Ecclesiastes weighs against wisdom and finds worthless
- salaphסָלַףto twist something so far that it goes over: to wrench honest words until a just case comes out crooked, or to upend people and leave them in ruin
- sa'arסָעַרto storm: to rage the way wind and sea do, and to seize, drive, or batter whatever the storm catches.
- saraḥסָרַחto overrunnot studied yet
- sevalahסִבְלָהburdennot studied yet
- sinסִיןSinnot studied yet
- sallayסַלָּי`valor`not studied yet
- senehסְנֶהbushnot studied yet
- sa'iphסָעִיףcleftnot studied yet
- saphaḥסָפַחto attachnot studied yet
- saphanסָפַןto covernot studied yet
- sepharvayimסְפַרְוַיִםSepharvaimnot studied yet
- savaסָבָאto guzzle strong drink: heavy, habitual drinking, always named as a fault
- sabbalסַבָּלburdennot studied yet
- sagadסָגַדto prostratenot studied yet
- sophסוֹףendnot studied yet
- saḥavסָחַבto dragnot studied yet
- semelסֶמֶלidolnot studied yet
- senappirסְנַפִּירfinnot studied yet
- saphi'aḥסָפִיחַaftergrowth: the grain that comes up on its own the year after a harvest, sprouted from seed that fell to the ground when the field was cut
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- a rush of water: the flooding that scours the soil off the ground
- sevaסְבָאSebanot studied yet
- sevakhסְבַךְthicketnot studied yet
- sibbkhayסִבְּכַיSibbecainot studied yet
- sadinסָדִיןa linen wrap: a large rectangle of fine linen worn draped around the body, and traded as a costly cloth
- sokhסֹךְa hidden den: a screen of woven cover that keeps whoever owns it out of sight
- salahסָלָהto rejectnot studied yet
- salkhahסַלְכָהSalecahnot studied yet
- selaסֶלַעSelanot studied yet
- sena'ahסְנָאָהSenaahnot studied yet
- soveסֹבֶאliquornot studied yet
- sevelסֵבֶלburdennot studied yet
- sovelסֹבֶלburdennot studied yet
- sakharסָכַרto stopnot studied yet
- seliḥahסְלִיחָהforgivenessnot studied yet
- semadarסְמַדֵרthe grapevine in blossom: the vine at the brief, faintly fragrant moment its flowers open, before any grape has formed
- sanverסַנְוֵרִיםa sudden dazzling sent by God that leaves people unable to make sense of what is in front of them
- sarסַרstubbornnot studied yet
- seva'iסְבָאִיםSabeansnot studied yet
- savakhסָבַךְto interweavenot studied yet
- savtahסַבְתָּהSabtahnot studied yet
- savtekahסַבְתְּכָאSabtecanot studied yet
- segorסְגוֹרenclosurenot studied yet
- sadסַדstocknot studied yet
- sotayסוֹטַיSotainot studied yet
- sevenehסְוֵנֵהSyenenot studied yet
- surסוּרdegeneratenot studied yet
- seḥavahסְחָבָהragnot studied yet
- saḥaphסָחַףto prostatratenot studied yet
- siniסִינִיSinitenot studied yet
- si'aסִיעָאSiahanot studied yet
- sukkot benotסֻכּוֹת בְּנוֹתSuccoth-benothnot studied yet
- sakhanסָכַןto endangernot studied yet
- seledסֶלֶדSelednot studied yet
- sillonסַלּוֹןbriarnot studied yet
- sela hammaḥleqotסֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹתRock of Escapenot studied yet
- selephסֶלֶףcrookednessnot studied yet
- samgar nevoסַמְגַּר נְבוֹSamgar, Nebu-sar-sekimnot studied yet
- samarסָמַרto bristle upnot studied yet
- sismayסִסְמַיSismainot studied yet
- se'appahסְעַפָּהboughnot studied yet
- sappaḥatסַפַּחַתscabnot studied yet
- sephelסֵפֶלbowlnot studied yet
- sopheretסֹפֶרֶתSopherethnot studied yet
- seredסֶרֶדSerednot studied yet
- siryonסִרְיֹןarmornot studied yet
- shaḥisסָחִישׁoffspringnot studied yet
- nasaqסָלֵקto ascendnot studied yet
- se'onסְאוֹןbootnot studied yet
- sa'anסָאַןto treadnot studied yet
- sasse'ahסֵאסֵאto drive awaynot studied yet
- sibbahסִבָּהturnnot studied yet
- sovekhסְבֹךְthicketnot studied yet
- sibboletסִבֹּלֶתstreamnot studied yet
- sivrayimסִבְרַיִםSibraimnot studied yet
- sagridסַגְרִירrainnot studied yet
- sederסֵדֶרordernot studied yet
- saharסַהַרroundnessnot studied yet
- soסוֹאSonot studied yet
- sugסוּגto fencenot studied yet
- sugarסוּגַרcagenot studied yet
- sodiסוֹדִיSodinot studied yet
- su'aḥסוּחַSuahnot studied yet
- suḥahסוּחָהoffalnot studied yet
- susahסוּסָהmarenot studied yet
- susiסוּסִיSusinot studied yet
- suphסוּףSuphnot studied yet
- surסוּרSurnot studied yet
- sutסוּתvesturenot studied yet
- saḥahסָחָהto scrapenot studied yet
- seḥiסְחִיoffscouringnot studied yet
- seḥorahסְחֹרָהmerchandisenot studied yet
- soḥerahסֹחֵרָהbucklernot studied yet
- soḥeretסֹחֶרֶתstonenot studied yet
- sivanסִיוָןSivannot studied yet
- sinimסִינִיםSyenenot studied yet
- sakhסַךְthrongnot studied yet
- sikkutסִכּוּתSikkuthnot studied yet
- sukkiסֻכִּיִּיםSukkiimnot studied yet
- sekhakhahסְכָכָהSecacahnot studied yet
- sekhelסֶכֶלfollynot studied yet
- sakhatסָכַתbe silentnot studied yet
- salaסָלָאto weighnot studied yet
- sillaסִלָּאSillanot studied yet
- saladסָלַדto rejoicenot studied yet
- sallaḥסַלָּחforgivingnot studied yet
- sullamסֻלָּםladdernot studied yet
- salsillahסַלְסִלָּהbranchnot studied yet
- solamסׇלְעָםlocustnot studied yet
- semakhyahuסְמַכְיָהוּSemachiahnot studied yet
- samanסָמַןto appointnot studied yet
- samarסָמָרroughnot studied yet
- senehסֶנֶּהSenehnot studied yet
- senu'ahסְנוּאָהHassenuahnot studied yet
- sansinסַנְסִנִּיםfruit-stalknot studied yet
- sansannahסַנְסַנָּהSansannahnot studied yet
- sasסָסmothnot studied yet
- sa'ahסָעָהto rushnot studied yet
- sa'aphסָעַףto lopnot studied yet
- se'ephסֵעֵףdividednot studied yet
- saphסַףSaphnot studied yet
- sippayסִפַּיSippainot studied yet
- sephinahסְפִינָהshipnot studied yet
- sippunסִפֻּןceilingnot studied yet
- saphaphסָפַףto standnot studied yet
- sepharסְפָרnumberingnot studied yet
- sepharסְפָרSepharnot studied yet
- sepharadסְפָרַדSepharadnot studied yet
- sephorahסְפֹרָהnumbernot studied yet
- sepharviסְפַרְוִיSepharvaimnot studied yet
- saravסָרָבthornnot studied yet
- sargonסַרְגוֹןSargonnot studied yet
- sardiסַרְדִּיSereditenot studied yet
- sirahסִּרָהSirahnot studied yet
- seraḥסֶרַחexcessnot studied yet
- sarappahסַרְעַפָּהboughnot studied yet
- saraphסָרַףto burnnot studied yet
- sarpadסִרְפָּדnettlenot studied yet
- setavסְתָיוwinternot studied yet
- seturסְתוּרSethurnot studied yet
- sitriסִתְרִיSithrinot studied yet