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שָׂדַי noun masculinePsalm 96:12 field, land (rare original form of 
שָׂדֶה (which see below), only in poetry); — absolute 
שׂ׳ Jeremiah 4:17, 
שָׂדָ֑י Hosea 10:4 +; — 
    3. plain, opposite mountain, 
Jeremiah 18:14; (but dubious, Co Du 
שִׂרְיֹן).
 
שָׂדֶה 318 noun masculineLeviticus 27:24 id. (ordinary contracted form Ges
§ 84 a f); — absolute 
שׂ׳ Genesis 2:5 (twice in verse) +; construct 
שְׂדֵה Genesis 14:7 +; suffix 
שָׂדִי Jeremiah 32:7, 
8, 
שָֽׂדְךָ Deuteronomy 11:15 +, 
שָׂדֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 24:19; 
Leviticus 25:3, etc.; plural 
שָׂדוֺת 1 Samuel 22:7 +, construct 
שְׂדוֺת Nehemiah 12:29; also 
שְׂדֵי 2 Samuel 1:21; 
Isaiah 32:12; 
Ruth 1:1 + 
8 times (some might be singular = 
שְׂדֵה compare Ba
ZMG xlii (1888), 351 SS Buhl; note, e.g. 
שְׂדֵי Ruth 1:6a, = 
שְׂדֵה Ruth 1:6b Ruth 4:3; but see Kö
ii. 1, 77); suffix 
שְׂדֹתֶיהָ Nehemiah 11:30, etc.; also 
שָׂדֶיךָ 1 Kings 2:26, 
שָׂדֵינוּ Micah 2:4; — 
    1. open field, country:
    c. specifically home of beasts: 
2 Samuel 17:8; 
Jeremiah 14:5; especially phrase 
חַיַּת הַשּׂ׳ Genesis 2:19, 
20; 
Genesis 3:1, 
14 (all J) of beasts in general, and, of wild beasts, 
Exodus 23:11, 
29 (E), 
Hosea 2:14; 
Hosea 2:20; 
Hosea 4:3; 
Hosea 13:8; 
Deuteronomy 7:22; 
Leviticus 26:22 (H), 
Job 5:23 (|| 
חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ), + 
16 times; 
בֶּהֱמַת הַשּׂ׳ 1 Samuel 17:44 compare 
Joel 1:20; 
אַיְלוֺת הַשּׂ׳ Songs 2:7; 
Songs 3:5, compare 
הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשּׂ׳ 2 Samuel 2:18; hunting-ground 
Genesis 25:29; 
Genesis 27:3, 
5 (all J E), compare 
אִישׁ שׂ׳ Genesis 25:27 (J E; || 
אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ צַיִד).
 
    d. yielding plants and trees: 
Genesis 25:27 (JE), 
Genesis 30:14 (J), 
Exodus 10:5 (JE), 
2 Kings 4:39; 
Ezekiel 21:2; 
Ezekiel 39:10; especially phrase 
עֵשֶׂב הַשּׂ׳ Genesis 2:5; 
Genesis 3:18 (both J), + 
6 times + 
בַּשּׂ׳ ע׳ Zechariah 10:1; 
שִׂיח הַשּׂ׳ Genesis 2:5, 
גֶּפֶן שׂ׳ 2 Kings 4:39, 
שׂ׳ פַּקֻּעֹת 2 Kings 4:39, 
צִיץ הַשּׂ׳ Isaiah 40:15; 
Psalm 103:15, 
צֶמַח הַשּׂ׳ Ezekiel 16:7; 
עֵץ הַשּׂ׳ (
4 times עֲצֵי) 
Exodus 9:25 (JE), 
Deuteronomy 20:19; 
Leviticus 26:4 (H) 
Isaiah 55:12 + 
8 times; 
2 Samuel 1:21 see 
תְּרוּמָה, √ 
רום.
 
    f. open country, outside of walled city 
Judges 9:32, 
42, 
43, 
44; 
Judges 19:16; 
1 Samuel 19:3; 
1 Samuel 20:5, 
11 (twice in verse); 
1 Samuel 20:24, 
35; 
2 Kings 7:12; 
Micah 4:10; as battle-ground 
Joshua 8:24 (J), 
2 Samuel 10:8 = 
1 Chronicles 19:9; 
2 Samuel 11:23; 
2 Samuel 18:6, outside of military camp 
1 Samuel 4:2; 
1 Samuel 14:15; opposed to city (in formula) 
1 Kings 14:11; 
1 Kings 16:4; 
1 Kings 21:24; 
Jeremiah 14:18; 
Ezekiel 7:15; 
שְׂדֵה אֶרֶץ Leviticus 25:31; as site of small town, 
country— 
1 Samuel 27:5 (opposed to royal city), compare 
1 Chronicles 27:25; of high places, 
גְּבָעוֺת בַּשּׂ׳ Jeremiah 13:27; quite general, 
1 Samuel 30:11; 
Jeremiah 40:7, 
13; including road 
Judges 20:31; 
1 Kings 11:29; 
Jeremiah 6:25; distinguished from road 
Numbers 22:23 (JE), 
2 Samuel 20:12; outside houses and courtyards 
Exodus 8:9 (P), 
1 Samuel 25:15; 
בַּשּׂ׳ nearly = 
outdoors Exodus 1:14 (P), 
Judges 13:9; of surface of country or ground, 
בַּשּׂ׳ Exodus 16:25 (J E; = 
הַמִּדְבָּר עַל־פְּנֵי Exodus 16:14), compare 
1 Samuel 14:25; so 
הַשּׂ׳ עַל־פְּנֵי (אֶל) 2 Kings 9:37; 
Jeremiah 9:22; 
Ezekiel 29:5 (|| 
הַמִּדְבָּ֫רָה), 
Ezekiel 32:4; 
Ezekiel 39:5; same phrase opposed to house, comfort, etc., 
2 Samuel 11:11; 
Ezekiel 16:5, opposed to city 
Leviticus 14:7, 
53, opposed to tent 
Numbers 19:16 (all P), opposed to tent of meeting 
Leviticus 17:5 (H).
 
    2. definite portion of ground, field, land:
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