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title: זַרְזִיר — girded · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זַרְזִיר (2223), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: girded. BDB 1906: adj. girded, girt. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַרְזִיר

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«זַרְזִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **girded** — 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:** 2223 · **BDB:** זַרְזִיר

### Glosses

a.rooster (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

girded [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2223/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. girded, girt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2223/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. girded, girt (cf. BaNB 206)—only cstr. Pr 30:31 זַרְזִיר מָתְנַיִם אוֹ־תָ֑יִשׁ that which is girt in the loins, etc., named with lion, he-goat, and king, as stately in motion. Perhaps = gray-hound Ew Bö De al., or war-horse Bo Ges Hi al.; Vrss. cock, Talm. raven, v. De Now (NH זַרְזִיר starling (war-horse only in interpr. of Pr 30:31), Aramaic ܙܰܪܙܺܝܪܳܐ; Lexx. also ܙܰܪܙܽܘܪܳܐ starling, in Arabic زُرْزُورٌ, perhaps loan-wd. Others der. from a √ זרר, v. supr.)

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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 (2 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 «זַרְזִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2223/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 30:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.31/)

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זַרְזִ֣יר מָתְנַ֣יִם אוֹ־תָ֑יִשׁ וּ֝מֶ֗לֶךְ אַלְק֥וּם עִמּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* a.rooster of.loins or a.male.goat and a.king \[who\].a.band.of.soldiers \[is\].with him

*JPS 1917:* The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up.

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