H5582

סָעַד

sa.adH:V

to support

1) to support, sustain, stay, establish, strengthen, comfort 1a) (Qal) to support, sustain 1a1) to sustain, stay (of heart) 1a2) to support, uphold (of throne) Aramaic equivalent: se.ad (סְעַד "to support" H5583)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

סָעַד verb support, sustain, stay (Late Hebrew id., especially take a meal; Aramaic סְעַד support, stay; Zinjirli סעד strengthen Lzb³³⁰, support, perhaps feed Cook⁸⁵; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic noun aid, Schw^{Idioticon 64}; Arabic , III, IV. aid, assist, Lane¹³⁶⁰, forearm Id¹³⁶²; Sabean סעד DHM^{Südar. Ait. p. 16}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular וְסָעַד consecutive Prov 20:28 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִסְעָ֑ד 3 feminine singular suffix תִּסְעָדֵ֫נִי Ps 18:36, read also in || 2Sam 22:36, etc.; Imperative masculine singular סְעָד Judg 19:5 (on ָ probably © by error, see Kö^{i. 261 f.} GFM^{on the passage}), סְעָדנָֿא vJudg 19:8 (compare id.), וּסֳעָ֑דָה 1Kgs 13:7 suffix סְעָדֵנִי Ps 119:117 Infinitive construct suffix וּלְסַעֲדָהּ Isa 9:6 — support, sustain, always figurative:

1. sustain, stay, the heart (compare לֵבָב 8, לֵב 8), with food Gen 18:5 (J), Judg 19:5 (c. 2 accusative), vJudg 19:8, Ps 104:15 object omitted 1Kgs 13:7.

2. a. support throne (subject king) Prov 20:28, coming ruler Isa 9:6.
b. support, uphold with accusative of person (subject ׳י, his hand etc.) Ps 18:36 + || 2Sam 22:36 (v above), Ps 20:3; Ps 41:4; Ps 94:18; Ps 119:117.

[סְעַד] verb Pa`el support, sustain (ᵑ7 Zinjirli; see Biblical Hebrew); — Participle active plural מְסַעֲדִין לְהוֺן Ezra 5:2.

6 occurrences

Genesis (1), Judges (1), I Kings (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1)