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 his brother Abel. And it happened when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
And he spoke to Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, Only if you would hear me. I will give you silver for the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.
And the field of Ephron was certified, which was Machpelah, which was before Mamre; the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees in the field, in all the borders round about,
And he looked, and behold, a well was in the field! And, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it, for they watered the flocks out of that well. And a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flocks.
And he bought a piece of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard. And the men were furious, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel, in lying with the daughter of Jacob. And it ought not to be done so.
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
For behold! We were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And behold, your sheaves stood around and bowed down to my sheaf.
And it happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men of it. And Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
And it shall be, as you gather you shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those of your household, and for food for your little ones.
And he shall sprinkle on 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 the living bird go out of the city into the open field, and make an atonement for the house. And it shall be clean.
so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them to Jehovah, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to Jehovah.
But the houses of the villages which have no walls around them shall be counted as the field of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.
And if a man shall sanctify to Jehovah some part of a field that he owns, then your judgment shall be according to its seed; a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.
You shall be blessed in the city, and be blessed in the field.
You shall be cursed in the city, and cursed in the field.
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, people are coming down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You are seeing the shadow of the mountains like men.
And Boaz said, In the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy also from the hand of Ruth of Moab, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
and from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth (for the singers had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem.)
Send them away so that they may go to the surrounding fields and villages and buy loaves for themselves. For they have nothing to eat.
And wherever He entered, into villages or cities or country, they laid the sick in the streets and begged Him if only they might touch but the fringe 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 man knowing hunting, and Jacob was a simple man, living in tents.
And he bought a piece of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab reigned in his place. 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 are you looking for?
If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his animal, and shall feed in another man's field; he shall repay from the best of his own field, and the best of his own vineyard.
But the houses of the villages which have no walls around them shall be counted as the field of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.
And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and His sword drawn in His hand. And the ass turned aside out of the way and went into the field. And Balaam struck the ass, to turn her into the way. But the Angel of Jehovah stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall on this side, and a wall on that side.
Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
You shall be blessed in the city, and be blessed in the field.
You shall be cursed in the city, and cursed in the field.
And the sons of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city. And they began to strike some of the people and to kill, as at other times, in the highways, one of which 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 marshalled at Baal-tamar. And the ambush of Israel broke forth from their place, from the plains of Gibeah.
And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country so that I may live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?
And he said to 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 the face of it level, does he not cast out the dill and scatter the cummin, and throw in the choice wheat and the chosen barley and the spelt in its border?
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 his brother Abel. And it happened when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the beginning of the evening. And he lifted up his eyes, and looked. And behold, camels coming!
And the boys grew. And Esau was a man knowing hunting, and Jacob was a simple man, living in tents.
If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his animal, and shall feed in another man's field; he shall repay from the best of his own field, and the best of his own vineyard. If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field, is burned up, he who kindled the fire shall surely repay in full.
You may not remove your neighbor's landmark, which those in the past have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land which Jehovah your God gives you to possess it.
But if a man finds an engaged girl in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man that lay with her shall die.
Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
They remove the landmarks; they seize flocks and feed them.