Lexical Summary segullah: possession, property Original Word: סְגֻלָּהTransliteration: segullah Phonetic Spelling: (seg-ool-law') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: possession, property Meaning: possession, property Strong's Concordance jewel, peculiar treasure, proper good, special Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up; wealth (as closely shut up) -- jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5459. segullah סְגֻלָּה noun feminine possession, property (on formation see BaNB § 95 b Köii. 1, 168); — absolute ׳ס Exodus 19:5 5t.; construct סְגֻלַּת Ecclesiastes 2:8; suffix סְגֻלָּתוֺ Psalm 135:4; — 1 valued property, peculiar treasure, which ׳י has chosen (בחר) and taken to himself; always of people of Israel, first Exodus 19:5 (E; ᵐ5 λαὸς περιούσιος = Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9 λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν = περιποίησις Ephesians 1:14 compare BrMP 102; MA 52, 235); then ס ׳עַם Deuteronomy 7:6; 14:2; 26:18; later ׳ס alone, Malachi 3:17; Psalm 135:4. 2 treasure (very late), of kings 1 Chronicles 29:3 (gold and silver), Ecclesiastes 2:8. |
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