Original Word: שָׂהֵד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: sahed
Pronunciation: sah-HAYD
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-hade')
KJV: record
NASB: advocate
Word Origin: [from an unused root meaning to testify]

1. a witness

record

From an unused root meaning to testify; a witness -- record.

Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
a witness
NASB Translation
advocate (1).

[שָׂהֵד] noun [masculine] witness (Aramaic loan-word = Hebrew עֵד; √ סְהַד ); — suffix שָֽׂהֲדִי Job 16:19 ("" עֵדִי). — שָֽׂהֲדוּתָא Genesis 31:47 see Biblical Aramaic Lexicon.

שׂהר (√ of following; compare Arabic new moon ( is make conspicuous, notorious); Ethiopic id.; ᵑ7 סִיהֲרָא, Syriac moon; Old Aramaic שהר moon-god Lzb³⁷³).

[שָֽׂהֲדוּ] noun feminine testimony (√ שְׂהַד = ᵑ7 סְהַד testify, Syriac , Arabic testify, compare Biblical Hebrew [שָׂהֵד] (once, as loan-word) K^{Aramaic 86}; Egyptian Aramaic plural שהדיאֹ witnesses Cooke⁴⁰⁴ S-C^{A. 15} + often); — emphatic שָֽׂהֲדוּתָא Genesis 31:47 ("" Biblical Hebrew עֵד).

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