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title: צַח — dazzling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַח (6703), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: dazzling. BDB 1906: adj. dazzling, glowing, clear. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַח

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«צַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dazzling** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6703 · **BDB:** צַח²

### Glosses

\[is\].dazzling (1); clear.\[words\] (1); scorching (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dazzling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6703/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. dazzling, glowing, clear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6703/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. dazzling, glowing, clear;—חֹם צַת Is 18:4 glowing heat; רוּחַ צַח Je 4:11 glowing wind; דּוֹדִי צַח וְאָדוֹם Ct 5:10 my beloved is dazzling (white) and ruddy (cf. La 4:7); fpl. לְדַבֵּר צַחוֹת Is 32:4 to speak clear (words), clearly.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 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 «צַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6703/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.10/)

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דּוֹדִ֥י צַח֙ וְאָד֔וֹם דָּג֖וּל מֵרְבָבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* lover my \[is\].dazzling and ruddy \[he.is\].conspicuous more than.ten.thousand

*JPS 1917:* 'My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above ten thousand.

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[Isaiah 32:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.4/)

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וּלְבַ֥ב נִמְהָרִ֖ים יָבִ֣ין לָדָ֑עַת וּלְשׁ֣וֹן עִלְּגִ֔ים תְּמַהֵ֖ר לְדַבֵּ֥ר צָחֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] heart of.hasty.\[people\] it.will.understand to know and.\[the\] tongue of.stammerers it.will.hasten to speak clear.\[words\]

*JPS 1917:* The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

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