שִׂיגsîyg

a withdrawal (into a private place)

Pronunciation: seeg · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7873

Meanings

1. a moving back or away

2. dross, (what is removed from metal)

1. a moving back, away (1 Kings 18:27)

2. dross, usually of silver (Proverbs 25:4; Proverbs 26:23; Isaiah 1:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 18:27 About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You’ll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself. Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).