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title: צוּף — comb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צוּף (6688), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: comb. BDB 1906: n.m. comb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צוּף

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«צוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **comb** — 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:** 6688 · **BDB:** צוּף²

### Glosses

\[are\].a.honeycomb (1); of.honeycombs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

comb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6688/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. comb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6688/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. (honey-)comb (as exuding honey);—only fig.: cstr. צוּף־דְּבַשׁ Pr 16:24; pl. נֹפֶת צוּפִים ψ 19:11 (+ דְּבַשׁ), 𝔊 κηρίον, κηρία, 𝔙 favus.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6688/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.24/)

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צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].a.honeycomb of.honey words of.kindness a.sweet.\[thing\] to the soul and healing to the bone\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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[Psalms 19:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.11/)

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הַֽנֶּחֱמָדִ֗ים מִ֭זָּהָב וּמִפַּ֣ז רָ֑ב וּמְתוּקִ֥ים מִ֝דְּבַ֗שׁ וְנֹ֣פֶת צוּפִֽים׃

*Word for word:* (the) desirable more than.gold and more than.pure.gold much and sweet more than.honey and.\[the\] honey of.honeycombs

*JPS 1917:* More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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