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title: צְבַע — dip · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: צְבַע (lemma:צְבַע), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: dip. BDB 1906: vb. dip, wet Pa. Hithpa. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְבַע

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«צְבַע» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **dip** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:צְבַע · **BDB:** צְבַע

### Glosses

it.became.wet (2); let.it.become.wet (2); \[they.will.be\].making.wet (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dip [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dip, wet Pa. Hithpa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dip, wet (𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH I. צבע;—Pa. Pt. act. pl. מְצַבְּעִין Dn 4:22 wet thee (ל), + מִטַּל. Hithpa. Impf. יִצְטַבַּע (also -בַּ֑ע); be wet, c. בְּטַל 4:12, 20, מִטַּל v 30; 5:21.)

### Jastrow 1903

צְבַע: Pa. Hif. to cast lots [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5b7_5e2/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** ; Pa. צַבַּע, with פייסא (v. preced.Hif.) to cast lots. Targ. II Esth. III, 7; IX, 24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.12/)

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בְּרַ֨ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶֽאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַ֤ל שְׁמַיָּא֙ יִצְטַבַּ֔ע וְעִם־חֵיוְתָ֥א חֲלָקֵ֖הּ בַּעֲשַׂ֥ב אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless the.stump of its.roots in the ground leave! and with a.fetter (diy).of iron and bronze in the grass (diy).of the field and with the.dew of the.heavens let.it.become.wet and.\[be\] with the animal\[s\] portion its in the.grass of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth;

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[Daniel 4:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.30/)

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בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֗א מִלְּתָא֮ סָ֣פַת עַל־נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר֒ וּמִן־אֲנָשָׁ֣א טְרִ֔יד וְעִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ יֵאכֻ֔ל וּמִטַּ֥ל שְׁמַיָּ֖א גִּשְׁמֵ֣הּ יִצְטַבַּ֑ע עַ֣ד דִּ֥י שַׂעְרֵ֛הּ כְּנִשְׁרִ֥ין רְבָ֖ה וְטִפְר֥וֹהִי כְצִפְּרִֽין׃

*Word for word:* at it the moment the word it.was.fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar and away.from (the) humankind he.was.chased and (the) grass like oxen he.ate and from the.dew of the.heavens body his it.became.wet until that hair his like eagles it.grew.long and nails his \[were\].like birds

*JPS 1917:* The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

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