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title: חֲבַצֶּלֶת — meadow-saffron · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲבַצֶּלֶת (2261), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: meadow-saffron. BDB 1906: n.f. meadow-saffron crocus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲבַצֶּלֶת

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«חֲבַצֶּלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **meadow-saffron** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2261 · **BDB:** חֲבַצֶּלֶת

### Glosses

\[am\].the.crocus (1); a.crocus (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

meadow-saffron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2261/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. meadow-saffron crocus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2261/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. meadow-saffron or crocus (colchicum autumnale, Linn.) (Syriac ܚܰܡܨܰܠܳܝܬܳܐ, v. GesComm. Is 35:1 Löwp. 174, No. 128; Assyrian ḫabaṣillatu VR32, 62 is a marsh-plant, reed; cf. ZimBP 59 DlHA 34; Pr 82; also Chel.c. and crit. n.);—ח׳ הַשָּׁרוֹן שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים Ct 2:1 (fig. of Shulamite), וְתָגֵל עֲרָבָה וְתִפְרַח כַּחֲבַצָּֽלֶת׃ Is 35:1 (narcissus Che Is 35:1 cf. Conder PEF, 1878, 46 TristrNHB 476 al.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲבַצֶּלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2261/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.1/)

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אֲנִי֙ חֲבַצֶּ֣לֶת הַשָּׁר֔וֹן שֽׁוֹשַׁנַּ֖ת הָעֲמָקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* I \[am\].the.crocus of.(the) Sharon (the).lily of the.valleys

*JPS 1917:* I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

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[Isaiah 35:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.1/)

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יְשֻׂשׂ֥וּםמִדְבָּ֖ר וְצִיָּ֑ה וְתָגֵ֧ל עֲרָבָ֛ה וְתִפְרַ֖ח כַּחֲבַצָּֽלֶת׃

*Word for word:* they will.rejoice \[the\].wilderness and.\[the\] dry.region and let.it.be.glad \[the\].desert.plain and it.will.bud like a.crocus

*JPS 1917:* The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

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