Reference: Field
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(Heb sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture (Ge 29:2; 31:4; 34:7), or tillage (Ge 37:7; 47:24). It is also applied to woodland (Ps 132:6) or mountain top (Jg 9:32,36; 2Sa 1:21). It denotes sometimes a cultivated region as opposed to the wilderness (Ge 33:19; 36:35). Unwalled villages or scattered houses are spoken of as "in the fields" (De 28:3,16; Le 25:31; Mr 6:36,56). The "open field" is a place remote from a house (Ge 4:8; Le 14:7,53; 17:5). Cultivated land of any extent was called a field (Ge 23:13,17; 41:8; Le 27:16; Ru 4:5; Ne 12:29).
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And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
And he spoke unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if you will give it, I pray you, hear me: I will give you money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made over
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
And it shall come to pass in the harvest, that you shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.
And if a man shall dedicate unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed from it: a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.
Now therefore come up by night, you and the people that are with you, and lie in wait in the field:
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, you see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
Then said Boaz, The day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead through his inheritance.
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem.
Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
And wherever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Fausets
Sadeh in Hebrew implies cultivated land (as field is derived from felling trees), but unenclosed; whereas the English "field" implies enclosure. In contrast to the adjoining wilderness (Ge 33:19; 36:35). The sadeh is contrasted with what is enclosed, as a vineyard (Nu 22:23-24) or a city (De 28:3,16). Unwalled villages were counted by the law as "the fields of the country" (Le 25:31). "Field" means the open country, apart from habitations, in Ge 25:27; 37:15. Stones marked off separate plots; to remove these landmarks entailed the curse (De 27:17). The lack of fences exposed the fields to straying cattle (Ex 22:5) or fire (2Sa 14:30).
Hence, the need of watchers, now named nator. The rye or spelled was placed "in its (the field's) border" (Isa 28:25). The wheat was put in the middle, the best and safest place, and the several other grains in their own place. The tallest and strongest grain outside formed a kind of fence. "A town in the country (field)" is a provincial town, as distinguished from the royal city (1Sa 27:5). "Fruitful field" is a distinct word, Carmel. (See CARMEL.) Another term, mareh, "meadows," is a naked treeless region (Jg 20:33); "the liers in wait came from the open plains of Gibeah"; not that their ambush was there, but the men of Benjamin had been previously enticed away from the city (Jg 20:31), so the liers in wait came to the city from the thus exposed plain.
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And the boys grew: and Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you?
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his animal, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way. But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on one side, and a wall on the other side.
Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, by which one goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the men in ambush from Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
When he has made level the face of it, does he not sow the dill, and scatter the cummin, and plant the wheat in rows and the barley and the spelt in their places?
Smith
Field.
The Hebrew sadeh is applied to any cultivated ground, and in some instances in marked opposition to the neighboring wilderness. On the other hand the sadeh is frequently contrasted with what is enclosed, whether a vineyard, a garden or a walled town. In many passages the term implies what is remote from a house,
or settled habitation, as in the case of Esau.
The separate plots of ground were marked off by stones, which might easily be removed,
De 19:14; 27:17
cf. Job 24:2; Prov 22:28; 23:10 the absence of fences rendered the fields liable to damage from straying cattle,
or fire,
hence the necessity of constantly watching flocks and herds. From the absence of enclosures, cultivated land of any size might be termed a field.
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And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
And the boys grew: and Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his animal, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns, so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field, be consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
But if a man find a betrothed young woman in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed on them.