Midvash

שָׂרַעsâraʻ

extend

Pronunciation: saw-rah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8311

Meanings

Qal: extended, i.e. too long (in a limb or member) (Leviticus 21:18; Leviticus 22:23)

Hithpa`el: stretch oneself (Isaiah 28:20)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 21:18 No one who has a defect qualifies, whether he is blind, lame, disfigured, deformed,
  • Leviticus 22:23 If a bull or lamb has a leg that is too long or too short, it may be offered as a voluntary offering, but it may not be offered to fulfill a vow.
  • Isaiah 28:20 The bed you have made is too short to lie on. The blankets are too narrow to cover you.

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).