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title: זָקָן — chin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָקָן (2206), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: chin. BDB 1906: n.m. beard and chin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָקָן

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«זָקָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chin** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 2206 · **BDB:** זָקָן

### Glosses

beard (12); the.beard (3); their.beard (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2206/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. beard and chin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2206/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 S 10:5 + beard and f. Is 15:2 + chin (Assyrian ziḳnu, Asrb. Annals iv. 29; Arabic ذَقَنٌ, Aramaic דְּקַן, ܕܩܰܢ )—abs. ז׳ Lv 13:20 +; cstr. זְקַן 2 S 20:9 +; sf. זְקָנִי Ezr 9:3; זְקָנֶ֑ךָ Lv 19:27 Ez 5:1; זְקָנוֹ 1 S 21:14 + 2 times; זְקַנְכֶם 2 S 10:5 1 Ch 19:5; זְקָנָם 2 S 10:4 Lv 21:5; never pl.— chin (opp. רֹאשׁ, top of head) Lv 13:29, 30; 14:9 (all P), 2 S 20:9 Ez 5:1; cf. also 1 S 21:14 ψ 133:2 (where however chin as bearded may be meant); chin, or lower jaw, of lion and bear 1 S 17:35. beard, as growing (צמח) 2 S 10:5 = 1 Ch 19:5; as cut off Is 7:20 (ספה), 15:2 = Je 48:37 (גרע); cf. מְגֻלְּחֵי זָקָן Je 41:5 2 S 10:4 (גלח); שׂער ראשׁי וּזְקָנִי Ezr 9:3; here belongs פאת זקן(ך) Lv 19:27; 21:5 (both H; opp. ראשׁ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָקָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2206/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 19:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.27/)

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לֹ֣א תַקִּ֔פוּ פְּאַ֖ת רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁחִ֔ית אֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת זְקָנֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.round.off the.side your.head your and not you.will.trim (et) the.side your.beard your

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

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[Leviticus 13:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.29/)

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וְאִישׁ֙ א֣וֹ אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה ב֖וֹ נָ֑גַע בְּרֹ֖אשׁ א֥וֹ בְזָקָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and man or a.woman (dm) it.will.be on him a.plague on.\[the\] head or in.\[the\] beard

*JPS 1917:* And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

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