Original: שָׂגַב

Transliteration: sâgab

Phonetic: saw-gab'

Short Definition: Defend

Original: שׂגב

Transliteration: śâgab

Phonetic: saw-gab'

BDB Definition:

1. to be high, be inaccessibly high
   1. (Qal)
      1. to be (too) high (for capture)
      2. to be high (of prosperity)
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to be high
      2. to be set on high, be (safely) set on high
      3. to be exalted (of God)
   3. (Piel)
      1. to set on high, set (securely) on high
      2. to exalt, exalt (in effective hostility)
   4. (Pual) to be set (securely) on high
   5. (Hiphil) to act exaltedly

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2234

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H4869, H7687