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title: צָבַט — reach · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָבַט (6642), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: reach. BDB 1906: vb. reach, hold out. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָבַט

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«צָבַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reach** — 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:** 6642 · **BDB:** צָבַט

### Glosses

he.held.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6642/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. reach, hold out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6642/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. reach, hold out, to (ל pers.) (proposes grasp, hold, so NH (rare), בֵּית הַצְּבִיטָה handle (of jug); Arabic ضَبَطَ hold firmly, seize; Ethiopic ፀበጠ: grasp firmly);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּצְבָּט־לָהּ Ru 2:14 (acc. rei).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָבַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6642/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.14/)

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וַיֹּאמֶר֩ לָ֨ה בֹ֜עַז לְעֵ֣ת הָאֹ֗כֶל גֹּ֤שִֽׁי הֲלֹם֙ וְאָכַ֣לְתְּ מִן־הַלֶּ֔חֶם וְטָבַ֥לְתְּ פִּתֵּ֖ךְ בַּחֹ֑מֶץ וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ מִצַּ֣ד הַקּֽוֹצְרִ֔ים וַיִּצְבָּט־לָ֣הּ קָלִ֔י וַתֹּ֥אכַל וַתִּשְׂבַּ֖ע וַתֹּתַֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to her Boaz to the.time of the.meal approach here and you.will.eat some.of the food and you.will.dip \[of.bread\] your.piece in the vinegar and she.sat.down from the.side of the.harvesters and he.held.out to her roasted.grain and she.ate and she.was.satisfied and she.had.excess

*JPS 1917:* And Boaz said unto her at meal-time: 'Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.' And she sat beside the reapers; and they reached her parched corn, and she did eat and was satisfied, and left thereof.

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