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title: זָוִית — corner · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָוִית (2106), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: corner. BDB 1906: n.f. corner. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָוִית

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«זָוִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **corner** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2106 · **BDB:** זָוִית

### Glosses

be\].like.corners (1); corners (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

corner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2106/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. corner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2106/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. corner (late) (Aramaic זָוִיתָא, ܙܳܘܺܝܬܳܐ (often for Heb. פִּנָּה, מִקְצוֹעַ), hence, as loan-word (FräAramaic Fremdw. 11, 168) Arabic زَاوِيَةٌ );—Pl. abs. זָוִיּוֹת ψ 144:12; cstr. זָוִיֹּת Zc 9:15;—וּמָֽלְאוּ כַמִּזְרָק כְּזָוִיֹּת מִזְבֵּחַ Zc 9:15 simil. of warriors streaming with blood, v. Lv 1:5, 11 etc.; בְּנוֹתֵינוּ כְּז׳ וגו׳ ψ 144:12 our daughters like corner (-pillar)s, carved (so Che al., but v. ii. חטב) in palace-fashion.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָוִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2106/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 144:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.144.12/)

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אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּנֵ֨ינוּ ׀ כִּנְטִעִים֮ מְגֻדָּלִ֪ים בִּֽנְעוּרֵ֫יהֶ֥ם בְּנוֹתֵ֥ינוּ כְזָוִיֹּ֑ת מְ֝חֻטָּב֗וֹת תַּבְנִ֥ית הֵיכָֽל׃

*Word for word:* that sons our \[will be\].like.plants full.grown in youth(s) their daughters our \[will be\].like.corners carved \[the\].structure of.a.palace

*JPS 1917:* We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace;

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[Zechariah 9:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.15/)

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יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֮ יָגֵ֣ן עֲלֵיהֶם֒ וְאָכְל֗וּ וְכָֽבְשׁוּ֙ אַבְנֵי־קֶ֔לַע וְשָׁת֥וּ הָמ֖וּ כְּמוֹ־יָ֑יִן וּמָֽלְאוּ֙ כַּמִּזְרָ֔ק כְּזָוִיּ֖וֹת מִזְבֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh of.hosts he.will.defend (on) them and they.will.eat and they.will.subdue stones of.a.sling and they.will.drink they.will.be.in.an.uproar like wine and they.will.be.full like (the) bowl like.\[the\] corners of.\[the\].altar

*JPS 1917:* The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like the basins, like the corners of the altar.

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