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)
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