Or saday {saw-dah'-ee}; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat) -- country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
H7704. sadeh
שָׂדַי noun masculinePsalm 96:12 field, land (rare original form of שָׂדֶה (q. v. below), only in poetry); — absolute ׳שׂ Jeremiah 4:17, שָׂדָ֑י Hosea 10:4 +; —
1 cultivated field Hosea 12:12, also 10:4 (si vera lectio, but see Now), yielding food Deuteronomy 32:13; Lamentations 4:9; שׂ ׳שֹׁמְרֵי Jeremiah 4:17 keepers, watchmen of a field.
2 home of wild beasts: שׂ ׳בְּהֵמוֺת Psalm 8:8; Joel 2:22, שׂ ׳חַיְתוֺ Isaiah 56:9; Psalm 104:11, שׂ ׳זִזִ 50:11; 80:14.
3 plain, opposite mountain, Jeremiah 18:14; (but dubious, Co Du שִׂרְיֹן).
4 land, opposed to sea, Psalm 96:12 (compare שָׂדֶה
3; "" תֵּבֵל Psalm 98:7).
שָׂדֶה318 noun masculineLeviticus 27:24 id. (ordinary contracted form Ges§ 84 a f); — absolute ׳שׂ Genesis 2:5 (twice in verse) +; construct שְׂדֵה 14:7 +; suffix שָׂדִי Jeremiah 32:7-8, שָֽׂדְךָ Deuteronomy 11:15 +, שָׂדֶ֑ךָ 24:19; Leviticus 25:3, etc.; plural שָׂדוֺת 1 Samuel 22:7 +, construct שְׂדוֺת Nehemiah 12:29; also שְׂדֵי 2 Samuel 1:21; Isaiah 32:12; Ruth 1:1 8t. (some might be singular = שְׂדֵה compare BaZMG xlii (1888), 351 SS Buhl; note, e.g. שְׂדֵי 1:6a, = שְׂדֵה vb 4:3; but see Köii. 1, 77); suffix שְׂדֹתֶיהָ Nehemiah 11:30, etc.; also שָׂדֶיךָ 1 Kings 2:26, שָׂדֵינוּ Micah 2:4; —
1 open field, country:
a. pasture-land Genesis 29:2; 30:16; Exodus 9:3 (all J), Deuteronomy 11:15; 1 Samuel 11:5 10t. J, JE.
b. unfrequented Genesis 24:63, 65, exposed to violence 4:8 (J), 2 Samuel 14:6; Deuteronomy 21:1; 22:25, 27, to wild beasts Exodus 22:30 (E), Ezekiel 33:27.
c. specifically home of beasts: 2 Samuel 17:8; Jeremiah 14:5; especially phrase הַשּׂ ׳חַיַּת Genesis 2:19-20, 3:1, 14 (all J) of beasts in General, and, of wild beasts, Exodus 23:11, 29 (E), Hosea 2:14; 2:20; 4:3; 13:8; Deuteronomy 7:22; Leviticus 26:22 (H), Job 5:23 ("" הָאָרֶץ חַיַּת), + 16 t.; הַשּׂ ׳בֶּהֱמַת 1 Samuel 17:44 compare Joel 1:20; הַשּׂ ׳אַיְלוֺת Song of Solomon 2:7; 3:5, compare בַּשּׂ אֲשֶׁר ׳הַצְּבָיִם 2 Samuel 2:18; hunting-ground Genesis 25:29; 27:3, 5 (all J E), compare שׂ ׳אִישׁ 25:27 (J E; "" צַיִד יֹדֵעַ אִישׁ).
d. yielding plants and trees: Genesis 25:27 (JE), 30:14 (J), Exodus 10:5 (JE), 2 Kings 4:39; Ezekiel 21:2; 39:10; especially phrase הַשּׂ ׳עֵשֶׂב Genesis 2:5; 3:18 (both J), + 6 t. + ׳ע ׳בַּשּׂ Zechariah 10:1; הַשּׂ ׳שִׂיח Genesis 2:5, שׂ ׳גֶּפֶן 2 Kings 4:39, שׂ ׳מַּקֻּעֹת V:39, הַשּׂ ׳צִיץ Isaiah 40:15; Psalm 103:15, הַשּׂ ׳צֶמַח Ezekiel 16:7; הַשּׂ ׳עֵץ (4 t. עֲצֵי) Exodus 9:25 (JE), Deuteronomy 20:19; Leviticus 26:4 (H) Isaiah 55:12 8t.; 2 Samuel 1:21 see תְּרוּמָה, √ רום.
e. stony, הַשּׂ ׳אַבְנֵי Job 5:23.
f. open country, outside of walled city Judges 9:32, 42, 43, 44; 19:16; 1 Samuel 19:3; 20:5, 11 (twice in verse); 20:24, 35; 2 Kings 7:12; Micah 4:10; as battle-ground Joshua 8:24 (J), 2 Samuel 10:8 = 1 Chronicles 19:9; 2 Samuel 11:23; 18:6, outside of military camp 1 Samuel 4:2; 14:15; opposed to city (in formula) 1 Kings 14:11; 16:4; 21:24; Jeremiah 14:18; Ezekiel 7:15; אֶרֶץ שְׂדֵה Leviticus 25:31; as site of small town, country+? 1 Samuel 27:5 (opposed to royal city), compare 1 Chronicles 27:25; of high places, בַּשּׂ ׳גְּבָעוֺת Jeremiah 13:27; quite General, 1 Samuel 30:11; Jeremiah 40:7, 13; including road Judges 20:31; 1 Kings 11:29; Jeremiah 6:25; distinguished from road Numbers 22:23 (JE), 2 Samuel 20:12; outside houses and courtyards Exodus 8:9 (P), 1 Samuel 25:15; ׳בַּשּׂ nearly = outdoors Exodus 1:14 (P), Judges 13:9; of surface of country or ground, ׳בַּשּׂ Exodus 16:25 (J E; = הַמִּדְבָּר עַלמְּֿנֵי V:14), compare 1 Samuel 14:25; so הַשּׂ לְַמְּֿנֵי ׳(אֶל) 2 Kings 9:37; Jeremiah 9:22; Ezekiel 29:5 ("" הַמִּדְבָּ֫רָה), 32:4; 39:5; same phrase opposed to house, comfort, etc., 2 Samuel 11:11; Ezekiel 16:5, opposed to city Leviticus 14:7, 53, opposed to tent Numbers 19:16 (all P), opposed to tent of meeting Leviticus 17:5 (H).
g. = expanse of country, opposed to mountain, in phrase שׂ ׳מְרוֺמֵי Judges 5:18; בַּשּׂ ׳הֲרָרִי Jeremiah 17:3 (of Jerusalem) is dubious; compare הַשּׂ ׳לְעִי Micah 1:6 (Jeremiah 18:14 see שָׂדַי).
2 definite portion of ground, field, land:
a. cultivated ground Genesis 37:7 (E), 47:24 (J; הַשָּׂדֶה זֶרַע), Exodus 22:4 (3 t. in verse); 22:5 (E), Leviticus 27:16-17, (P), Micah 3:12 (in simile) Ruth 2:2 47t., + תְרוּמוֺת שְׂדֵי 2 Samuel 1:21, זָֿ֑רַע׳שׂ Ezekiel 17:5, טוֺב שָׂדֶה V:8 good soil.
b. as private property, Micah 5:2; 5:4; Isaiah 5:8 (twice in verse); Genesis 47:20 (J), 23:9, 11, 13 (P) + 50 t., + 2 Chronicles 26:23 (as burial-place); also (הַ)שּׂ ׳חֶלְקַת, see חֶלְקָה; and ׳שׂ צֹפִים, see צפה.
c. city-land, adjacent to city (town) and subject to its control: Genesis 41:48 (E), Leviticus 25:34 (P), Joshua 21:12 (P) = 1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 11:25, 30; 12:29, 44; specifically of Zoan Psalm 78:12; 78:43.
d. territory of nation, tribe: Genesis 32:4; Numbers 21:20 (both J E), Judges 5:4; Ruth 1:1-2, Genesis 14:7 13t. + יִשׂ נִחֲלַת ׳שְׂדֵה Judges 20:6.
e. territory of king, 2 Samuel 9:7; 13:30.
3 land, opposed to sea, 1 Chronicles 16:32 (opposed to הַיָּם; = שָׂדַי Psalm 96:12), perhaps also mainland Ezekiel 26:6, 8 (Co Krae Toy and others; not Sm).
שִׂדִּים see שׂדד. שְׂדֵרָה see סדר above,