The meaning of “שָׂדֶה”
Understanding sâdeh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or שָׂדַי sâday (saw-dah'-ee); from an unused root meaning to spread out country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wil...
שָׂדֶה
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)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 27:5 | “And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.” Word: שָׂדֶה (sâdeh) | |
| Judges 9:43 | “And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.” Word: שָׂדֶה (sâdeh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 16:32 | “Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.” Word: שָׂדֶה (sâdeh) | |
| Ecclesiastes 5:9 | “Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.” Word: שָׂדֶה (sâdeh) | |
| Hosea 10:4 | “They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.” Word: שָׂדֶה (sâdeh) |