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title: צֵאָה — filth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֵאָה (6627), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: filth. BDB 1906: n.f. filth human excrement. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֵאָה

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«צֵאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **filth** — 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:** 6627 · **BDB:** צֵאָה²

### Glosses

excrement (1); of.the.excrement (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

filth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6627/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. filth human excrement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6627/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. filth, specif. human excrement;—sf. צֵאָתֶ֑ךָ Dt 23:14; cstr. בְּגֶלְלֵי צֵאַת הָאָדָם Ez 4:12 (as fuel; cf. \[גֵּל\] p. 165 supr.).

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֵאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6627/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.4.12/)

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וְעֻגַ֥ת שְׂעֹרִ֖ים תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑נָּה וְהִ֗יא בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙ צֵאַ֣ת הָֽאָדָ֔ם תְּעֻגֶ֖נָה לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and a.bread.cake of.barley(s) you will.eat.it and it in the.dung(s) of.the.excrement of.(the) humankind you will.bake.it to eyes their

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.'

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[Deuteronomy 23:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.14/)

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וְיָתֵ֛ד תִּהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ עַל־אֲזֵנֶ֑ךָ וְהָיָה֙ בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֣ ח֔וּץ וְחָפַרְתָּ֣ה בָ֔הּ וְשַׁבְתָּ֖ וְכִסִּ֥יתָ אֶת־צֵאָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and a.spade it.will.belong to you with equipment your and it.will.be when you sit.down outside and you.will.dig with it and you.will.turn and you.will.cover (et) excrement your

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee.

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