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title: זֵר — circlet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֵר (2213), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: circlet. BDB 1906: n.m. circlet, border. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֵר

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«זֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **circlet** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 2213 · **BDB:** זֵר

### Glosses

a.molding (8); molding (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

circlet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2213/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. circlet, border [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2213/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. circlet, border (orig. that which presses, binds, cf. also Aramaic ܙܺܝܪܳܐ bracelet, זִירָא wreath, crown, NH זִיר id., זִירָה ring, wrestler’s ring; others from a √ זרר)—זֵר זָהָב Ex 25:11, 24, 25; 30:3; 37:2, 11, 12, 26; זֵרוֹ Ex 30:4; 37:27 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2213/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 25:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.24/)

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וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹת֖וֹ זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ לּ֛וֹ זֵ֥ר זָהָ֖ב סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.overlay it gold pure and you.will.make for it a.molding of.gold all.around

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

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[Exodus 37:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.37.11/)

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וַיְצַ֥ף אֹת֖וֹ זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר וַיַּ֥עַשׂ ל֛וֹ זֵ֥ר זָהָ֖ב סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* and he.overlaid it gold pure and he.made for it a.molding of.gold all.around

*JPS 1917:* And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about.

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