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title: צֶבַע — dye · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֶבַע (6648), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: dye. BDB 1906: dye, dyed stuff. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֶבַע

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«צֶבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dye** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6648 · **BDB:** צֶ֫בַע

### Glosses

of.colored.cloth(s) (2); colored.cloth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dye [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6648/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dye, dyed stuff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6648/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dye, dyed stuff;—cstr. צ׳ רִקְמָתַיִם Ju 5:30 (perhaps del. צ׳, cf. GFM); pl. שְׁלַל צְבָעִים booty of dyed stuffs v 30(×2).

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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 «צֶבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6648/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.30/)

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הֲלֹ֨א יִמְצְא֜וּ יְחַלְּק֣וּ שָׁלָ֗ל רַ֤חַם רַחֲמָתַ֙יִם֙ לְרֹ֣אשׁ גֶּ֔בֶר שְׁלַ֤ל צְבָעִים֙ לְסִ֣יסְרָ֔א שְׁלַ֥ל צְבָעִ֖ים רִקְמָ֑ה צֶ֥בַע רִקְמָתַ֖יִם לְצַוְּארֵ֥י שָׁלָֽל׃

*Word for word:* ? not are.they.finding are.they.dividing.up? plunder a.womb two.wombs for.\[the\] head of.a.man plunder of.colored.cloth(s) for Sisera plunder of.colored.cloth(s) multicolored.material colored.cloth multicolored.material(s) for.\[the\] necks of.plunder

*JPS 1917:* 'Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments of embroidery, two dyed garments of broidery for the neck of every spoiler?'

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