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title: צָבוּעַ — coloured · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָבוּעַ (6641), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: coloured. BDB 1906: adj. coloured, variegated. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָבוּעַ

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«צָבוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **coloured** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6641 · **BDB:** צָבוּעַ

### Glosses

speckled (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

coloured [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6641/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. coloured, variegated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6641/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. coloured, variegated (proposes pt. pass.);—עַיִט צ׳ Je 12:9 a variegated bird of prey.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «צָבוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6641/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 12:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.12.9/)

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הַעַ֨יִט צָב֤וּעַ נַחֲלָתִי֙ לִ֔י הַעַ֖יִט סָבִ֣יב עָלֶ֑יהָ לְכ֗וּ אִסְפ֛וּ כָּל־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה הֵתָ֥יוּ לְאָכְלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a bird.of.prey? speckled inheritance \[is\].my to me \[are\].bird\[s\] of.prey? all.around on it go gather every (the).animal of the.field bring.\[them\] for food

*JPS 1917:* Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

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