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סָגַד çâgad — to prostrate oneself (in homage)

pronounced saw-gad' · Strong's H5456 · 5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as fall down.

a primitive root; to prostrate oneself (in homage).

çâgad in each stem

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Wayyiqtol 1

וַיִּסְגָּד Isa 44:15 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. (KJV)

יסגוד Isa 44:17 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. (KJV)

אֶסְגּֽוֹד Isa 44:19 Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular

And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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