שדה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Akkadian 𒆳 (šadûm, “mountain; desert”) and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎄 (šd /⁠šadû⁠/, “field”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /saˈde/

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• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [sɔːˈðɛː]

Noun

שָׂדֶה • (sadé) m (plural indefinite שָׂדוֹת, singular construct שְׂדֵה־, plural construct שְׂדוֹת־)

1. field (wide space for crops)
   • Tanach, Isaiah 5:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     הוֹי, מַגִּיעֵי בַיִת בְּבַיִת--שָׂדֶה בְשָׂדֶה, יַקְרִיבוּ: עַד אֶפֶס מָקוֹם, וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּם לְבַדְּכֶם בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ.

     Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

2. (by extension, mathematics) field (set with two operations)

Derived terms

• מיטה שדה / מִטַּת שָׂדֶה (mitát sadé)
• שָׂדֶה לָבָן (sadé laván)
• שדה ראייה / שְׂדֵה רְאִיָּה (sde r'iyá)
• שְׂדֵה תְּעוּפָה (sdé teufá, “airport”)
• תּוּת שָׂדֶה (tut sadé, “strawberry”)

Etymology 2

See שֵׁד.

Noun

שֵׁדָה • (shedá) f (masculine counterpart שֵׁד)

1. demon, she-devil

Etymology 3

From Arabic شَدَّة (šadda).

Noun

שַׁדָּה • (shadá) f

1. shadda

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root
שׁ־ד־ד (sh-d-d)

Noun

שִׁדָּה • (shidá) f (plural indefinite שִׁדּוֹת, singular construct שִׁדַּת־)

1. defective spelling of שידה

References

• H7704 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “שדה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• שדה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he