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title: נְצִיב — pillar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְצִיב (5333), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: pillar. BDB 1906: n.m. pillar, prefect garrison, post. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְצִיב

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«נְצִיב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pillar** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 5333 · **BDB:** נְצִיב

### Glosses

garrisons (5); the.garrison (2); a.garrison (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pillar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5333/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pillar, prefect garrison, post [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5333/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. pillar, prefect, also appar. garrison, post (Ecclus 46:18 ויכנע נציבי צר and he subdued garrisons, posts, of the foe);—נ׳ abs. 1 K 4:19; cstr. 1 S 13:3 + 3 times; pl. נְצִיבִים 2 S 8:6 + 2 times + 2 Ch 8:10 Kt, נְצִבִים 2 S 8:14(×2); cstr. נְצִבֵי 1 S 10:5 MT, but read נְצִיב 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Th We Dr Klo Kit Bu HPS;— pillar, נ׳ מֶלַח Gn 19:26 (J). prefect, deputy 1 K 4:19 (on text cf. Klo Benz), so perhaps also 1 S 10:5 (HPS; pillar 𝔊 Th Dr Klo Kit), and appar. 13:3, 4 (\> al. pillar); this meaning serves also for 2 S 8:6, 14(×2) (so Ki; Th HPS garrison) 1 Ch 11:16; 18:13; 2 Ch 8:10 (where read Kt), 17:2 (Kau garrison in 11:16; 17:2; Ecclus 46:18—v. supr.—would favour this meaning in other passages).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְצִיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5333/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 19:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.26/)

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וַתַּבֵּ֥ט אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מֵאַחֲרָ֑יו וַתְּהִ֖י נְצִ֥יב מֶֽלַח׃

*Word for word:* and she.looked wife his from behind him and she.was a.pillar of.salt

*JPS 1917:* But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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[1 Chronicles 11:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.16/)

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וְדָוִ֖יד אָ֣ז בַּמְּצוּדָ֑ה וּנְצִ֣יב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אָ֖ז בְּבֵ֥ית לָֽחֶם בֵ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* and David then \[was\].in the stronghold and a.garrison of.Philistines then \[was\] at Bethlehem

*JPS 1917:* And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

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