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title: נַעֲצוּץ — thorn-bush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַעֲצוּץ (5285), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: thorn-bush. BDB 1906: thorn-bush. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַעֲצוּץ

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«נַעֲצוּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thorn-bush** — 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:** 5285 · **BDB:** נַעֲצוּץ

### Glosses

thornbush (1); thornbushes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thorn-bush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5285/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thorn-bush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5285/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thorn-bush (on form cf. BaNB 213);—abs. נ׳ Is. 55:13; pl. נַעֲצוּצִים 7:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 «נַעֲצוּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5285/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 55:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.13/)

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תַּ֤חַת הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙ יַעֲלֶ֣ה בְר֔וֹשׁ וְתַ֥חַת הַסִּרְפַּ֖ד יַעֲלֶ֣ה הֲדַ֑ס וְהָיָ֤ה לַֽיהוָה֙ לְשֵׁ֔ם לְא֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵֽת׃ס

*Word for word:* in.place.of the thornbush it.will.grow.up a.cypress and in.place.of the nettle it.will.grow.up a.myrtle.tree and it.will.become for Yahweh (into).a name (into).a sign of.perpetuity \[which\].not it.will.be.cut.down

*JPS 1917:* Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the LORD for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

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[Isaiah 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.19/)

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וּבָ֨אוּ וְנָח֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ בְּנַחֲלֵ֣י הַבַּתּ֔וֹת וּבִנְקִיקֵ֖י הַסְּלָעִ֑ים וּבְכֹל֙ הַנַּ֣עֲצוּצִ֔ים וּבְכֹ֖ל הַנַּהֲלֹלִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.come and they.will.settle of.them all in the.wadis of the.cliffs and in the.clefts of the.rocks and on all the thornbushes and in all the watering-places

*JPS 1917:* And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the rugged valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all brambles.

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