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title: צֹאָה — filth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֹאָה (6675), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: filth. BDB 1906: n.f. filth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֹאָה

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«צֹאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **filth** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6675 · **BDB:** צֹאָה

### Glosses

excrement (3); filth (1); the.excrement (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

filth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6675/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. filth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6675/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. filth;—abs. צ׳ Is 28:8 (of drunkards’ vomit, cf. קִיא); צ׳ fig. of iniquity, cstr. צֹאַת Is 4:4, sf. צֹאָתוֹ Pr 30:12; specif. of human excrement (= \[צֵאָה\]) sf. צֹאָתָם 2 K 18:27 = Is 36:12 (both Qr; Kt חר(א)יהם, cf. \[חֶרֶא\] p. 351 supr.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «צֹאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6675/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.8/)

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כִּ֚י כָּל־שֻׁלְחָנ֔וֹת מָלְא֖וּ קִ֣יא צֹאָ֑ה בְּלִ֖י מָקֽוֹם׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) all \[the\].tables they.are.full vomit filth not room

*JPS 1917:* For all tables are full of filthy vomit, and no place is clean.

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[Proverbs 30:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.12/)

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דּ֭וֹר טָה֣וֹר בְּעֵינָ֑יו וּ֝מִצֹּאָת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רֻחָֽץ׃

*Word for word:* a.generation \[is\].pure in its.own eyes and from excrement its not it.has.been.washed

*JPS 1917:* There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

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