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title: צָבַר — heap up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָבַר (6651), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: heap up. BDB 1906: vb. heap up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָבַר

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«צָבַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **heap up** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6651 · **BDB:** צָבַר

### Glosses

it.heaped.up (2); he.heaped.up (1); he.heaps.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

heap up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6651/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. heap up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6651/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. heap up (NH id.; Aramaic צְבַר; Syriac ܨܒܰܪ is prate, chatter, rave; Arabic ضَبَرَ is collect, bind together; cf. further Dozy);— Impf. 3 ms. יִצְבֹּר Gn 41:49 ψ 39:7; 3 fs. וַתִּצְבָּר־ Zc 9:3, etc.;—heap up, in great quantity: c. acc. corn Gn 41:35, 49 (E), dead frogs Ex 8:10 (J), dust Hb 1:10, silver like dust Zc 9:3; Jb 27:16, cf. (obj. om.) ψ 39:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָבַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6651/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.10/)

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וַיִּצְבְּר֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם חֳמָרִ֣ם חֳמָרִ֑ם וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and people.piled.up them heaps heaps and it.stank the land

*JPS 1917:* And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.

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[Job 27:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.16/)

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אִם־יִצְבֹּ֣ר כֶּעָפָ֣ר כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר יָכִ֥ין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃

*Word for word:* if he.will.heap.up like (the) dust silver and like (the) clay he.will.prepare clothing

*JPS 1917:* Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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