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title: צֹאִי — filthy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֹאִי (6674), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: filthy. BDB 1906: adj. filthy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֹאִי

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«צֹאִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **filthy** — 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:** 6674 · **BDB:** צֹאִי

### Glosses

filthy (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

filthy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6674/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. filthy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6674/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. filthy;—pl. צוֹאִים Zc 3:3, צֹאִים v 4 (both of garments).

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֹאִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6674/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.3.3/)

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וִיהוֹשֻׁ֕עַ הָיָ֥ה לָבֻ֖שׁ בְּגָדִ֣ים צוֹאִ֑ים וְעֹמֵ֖ד לִפְנֵ֥י הַמַּלְאָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and Joshua he.was clothed garments filthy and \[he.was\].standing before the angel

*JPS 1917:* Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

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[Zechariah 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.3.4/)

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וַיַּ֣עַן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל־הָעֹמְדִ֤יםלְפָנָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָסִ֛ירוּ הַבְּגָדִ֥ים הַצֹּאִ֖ים מֵעָלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו רְאֵ֨ה הֶעֱבַ֤רְתִּי מֵעָלֶ֙יךָ֙ עֲוֺנֶ֔ךָ וְהַלְבֵּ֥שׁ אֹתְךָ֖ מַחֲלָצֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered and he.said to \[those who.were\].standing before him (cmp) remove the garments (the) filthy from on him and he.said to him see I.have.taken.away from on you iniquity your and I.will.clothe you fine.robes

*JPS 1917:* And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying: 'Take the filthy garments from off him.' And unto him he said: 'Behold, I cause thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with robes.'

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