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title: זִיפִי — Ziphim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִיפִי (2130), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Ziphim. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִיפִי

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«זִיפִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ziphim** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2130 · **BDB:** זִיפִי

### Glosses

Ziphites (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ziphim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2130/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2130/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of זִיף 1. a; only mpl. as n.pr.gent. זִפִים 1 S 23:19; 26:1; זִיפִים ψ 54:2 (title).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִיפִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2130/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 54:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.54.2/)

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בְּב֣וֹא הַ֭זִּיפִים וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לְשָׁא֑וּל הֲלֹ֥א דָ֝וִ֗ד מִסְתַּתֵּ֥ר עִמָּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* when came the Ziphites and they.said to Saul ? not \[is\].David hiding.himself with us

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[1 Samuel 26:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.1/)

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וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ הַזִּפִים֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל הַגִּבְעָ֖תָה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֲל֨וֹא דָוִ֤ד מִסְתַּתֵּר֙ בְּגִבְעַ֣ת הַחֲכִילָ֔ה עַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* and they.went the Ziphites to Saul to (the) Gibeah (cmp) ? not \[is\].David hiding.himself on the.hill of.(the) Hakilah on the.face of.(the) Jeshimon

*JPS 1917:* And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying: 'Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?'

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