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title: זָנַק — leap · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָנַק (2187), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: leap. BDB 1906: vb. leap. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָנַק

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«זָנַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **leap** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2187 · **BDB:** זָנַק

### Glosses

he.leaps.forth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

leap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2187/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. leap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2187/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only leap (NH זִנֵּק cause to spring, spurt; Aramaic ܙܢܰܩ throw, shoot, also bind)—Impf. 3 ms. יְזַנֵּק מִן־הַבָּשָׁן Dt 33:22 he leapeth forth from Bashan (of Dan under fig. of lion’s whelp).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָנַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2187/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 33:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.33.22/)

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וּלְדָ֣ן אָמַ֔ר דָּ֖ן גּ֣וּר אַרְיֵ֑ה יְזַנֵּ֖ק מִן־הַבָּשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* and of Dan he.said Dan \[is\].a.cub of.a.lion he.leaps.forth from (the) Bashan

*JPS 1917:* And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.

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