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title: צָבָה — swell · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָבָה (6638), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: swell. BDB 1906: vb. swell, swell up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָבָה

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«צָבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swell** — 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:** 6638 · **BDB:** צָבָה

### Glosses

it.will.swell (1); make.swell (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6638/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. swell, swell up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6638/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. swell, swell up (NH id.);— Pf. 3 fs. consec. וְצָֽבְתָה Nu 5:27; appar. Inf. cstr. לַצְבּוֹת v 22, Qal לִצְבּוֹת Di Ol§ 78 c Sta§ 114 a, 2; both of adulteress’ belly.—צֹבֶיהָ Is 29:7 v. צבא.

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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 (6 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 «צָבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6638/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.22/)

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וּ֠בָאוּ הַמַּ֨יִם הַמְאָרְרִ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ בְּֽמֵעַ֔יִךְ לַצְבּ֥וֹת בֶּ֖טֶן וְלַנְפִּ֣ל יָרֵ֑ךְ וְאָמְרָ֥ה הָאִשָּׁ֖ה אָמֵ֥ן ׀ אָמֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.go the waters \[which\].bring a.curse (the) these in your.inward parts to make.swell a.belly and to make.fall a.thigh and she.will.say the woman amen amen

*JPS 1917:* and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away'; and the woman shall say: 'Amen, Amen.'

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[Numbers 5:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.27/)

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וְהִשְׁקָ֣הּ אֶת־הַמַּ֗יִם וְהָיְתָ֣ה אִֽם־נִטְמְאָה֮ וַתִּמְעֹ֣ל מַ֣עַל בְּאִישָׁהּ֒ וּבָ֨אוּ בָ֜הּ הַמַּ֤יִם הַמְאָֽרֲרִים֙ לְמָרִ֔ים וְצָבְתָ֣ה בִטְנָ֔הּ וְנָפְלָ֖ה יְרֵכָ֑הּ וְהָיְתָ֧ה הָאִשָּׁ֛ה לְאָלָ֖ה בְּקֶ֥רֶב עַמָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and he will.make.her.drink (et) the waters and she.will.be if she.has.made.herself.unclean and she.has.acted.unfaithfully unfaithfulness against husband her and they.will.go in her the waters \[which\].bring a.curse to bitter.\[things\] and it.will.swell belly her and it.will.fall thigh her and she.will.become the woman (into).a curse in the.midst her.people her

*JPS 1917:* And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have acted unfaithfully against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away; and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

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