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title: יָצַג — set · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָצַג (3322), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: set. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. set, place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָצַג

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«יָצַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **set** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 3322 · **BDB:** יָצַג

### Glosses

he (3); I (2); he.placed (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

set [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3322/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Hiph. set, place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3322/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Hiph. set, place, a vivid and forcible syn. of שָׂם (Köi 430 Ges§ 71)— Pf. sf. הִצִּיגַ֫נִי Je 51:34 Qr (Kt הציגנו), Jb 17:6; 1 s. sf. הִצַּגְתִּיו Gn 43:9; וְהִצַּגְתִּיהָ consec. Ho 2:5; Impf. וַיַּצֵּג Gn 30:38; Ju 8:27; sf. וַיַּצִּגֵם Gn 47:2; 2 ms. תַּצִּיג Ju 7:5, etc.; Imv. הַצִּ֫יגוּ Am 5:15; Inf. cstr. הַצֵּג Dt 28:56 (Ges§ 53, 3, R. 2 Kö l.c.); Pt. מַצִּיג Ju 6:37;—set, place, c. acc.: + ב loc. Gn 30:38 (J; + לְנֹכַח צֹאן), Ju 6:37; 8:27 2 S 6:17 (+ בְּתוֹךְ), c. בְּתוֹךְ in ‖ 1 Ch 16:1; + אֵצֶל 1 S 5:2; of setting foot on (על) ground Dt 28:56; Gn 33:15 (J; sq. עִם) = station with thee some of my retinue; + לִפְנֵי Gn 43:9 (J); so with idea of presenting, introducing to Gn 47:2 (J); set (so that all may see) + לְ Jb 17:6; sq. 2 acc. (= set as) Je 51:34; וְהִצַּגְתִּיהָ כְּיוֹם הִוָּלְֽדָ֑הּ Ho 2:5 and (lest) I set (= exhibit) her as in the day when she was born (‖ אַפְשִׁיטֶנָּה עֲרֻמָּה); fig. set up, establish, הציגו בשׁער משׁפט Am 5:15 (opp. v 7 לארץ הניחו). Impf. יֻצָּ֑ג Ex 10:24 (E) be stayed, stopped, detained (of herds, etc.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָצַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3322/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 17:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.17.6/)

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וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he has.set.me to use.a.proverb peoples and a.spitting to.\[the\] face I.am

*JPS 1917:* He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.

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[Genesis 47:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.2/)

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וּמִקְצֵ֣ה אֶחָ֔יו לָקַ֖ח חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּצִּגֵ֖ם לִפְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* and from the.end his.brothers his he.took five men and he presented.them before Pharaoh

*JPS 1917:* And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

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