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title: זִיז — moving things · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִיז (2123), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: moving things. BDB 1906: n.m. coll. moving things. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִיז

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«זִיז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **moving things** — 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:** 2123 · **BDB:** זִיז

### Glosses

moving.creature\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

moving things [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2123/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. moving things [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2123/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 80:14 coll. moving things (i.e. beasts) (etym. \& exact meaning still rather dub., cf. CheOP 472 and on ψ 50:11; Thes al. √ זוז; De ψ 50:11 comp. Assyrian zizânu, coll. reptiles, DlS 74 f. from a זִאזֵא cf. زَعْزَعَ move to and fro, agitate (cf. זוע); others comp. Assyrian zâzu, abundance v. II. זוז, so even Di Is 66:11; this hardly suits ψ 80:14; 𝔗 זִיזָא worm);—only cstr. זִיז שָׂדַי ψ 50:11 the moving things of the field, as all known to י׳ (‖ עוֹף הָרִים; also in v 10 חַיְתוֹ־יָ֑עַר, etc.); fig. of enemies of Isr. ψ 80:14 (‖ חֲזִיר מִיָּ֑עַר). On Assyrian zîzē, teats, v. RFHarperAJSL xiv (1897–1898), 174.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִיז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2123/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 50:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.50.11/)

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יָ֭דַעְתִּי כָּל־ע֣וֹף הָרִ֑ים וְזִ֥יז שָׂ֝דַ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I.know every bird of.\[the\].mountains and moving.creature\[s\] of.\[the\].field \[are\].with me

*JPS 1917:* I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

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[Psalms 80:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.80.14/)

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יְכַרְסְמֶ֣נָּֽה חֲזִ֣יר מִיָּ֑עַרוְזִ֖יז שָׂדַ֣י יִרְעֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* it eats.it.away wild.boar from.\[the\] forest and moving.creature\[s\] of.\[the\].field it grazes.on.it

*JPS 1917:* The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.

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