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title: צִי — ship · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִי (6716), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: ship. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִי

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«צִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ship** — 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:** 6716 · **BDB:** צִי

### Glosses

ships (3); a.ship (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ship [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6716/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6716/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 33:21 ship (loan-word from Egypt. t’aī, according to Bondi 66, cf. ErmanZMG xlvi (1892), 123 DHMVOJ viii. 7, 165);—abs. צִי אַדִּיר Is 33:21 a majestic ship; pl. צִים Nu 24:24 (JE), Ez 30:9 (בַּצּ׳; but 𝔊 σπεύδοντες, cf. 𝔖, whence Co Berthol אָצִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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 «צִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6716/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 24:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.24/)

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וְצִים֙ מִיַּ֣ד כִּתִּ֔ים וְעִנּ֥וּ אַשּׁ֖וּר וְעִנּוּ־עֵ֑בֶר וְגַם־ה֖וּא עֲדֵ֥י אֹבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and ships \[will be\].from.the.side of.Kittim and they.will.afflict Asshur and they.will.afflict Eber and also he \[will.be\].to destruction

*JPS 1917:* But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall come to destruction.

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[Isaiah 33:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.21/)

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כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁ֞ם אַדִּ֤יר יְהוָה֙ לָ֔נוּ מְקוֹם־נְהָרִ֥ים יְאֹרִ֖ים רַחֲבֵ֣י יָדָ֑יִם בַּל־תֵּ֤לֶךְ בּוֹ֙ אֳנִי־שַׁ֔יִט וְצִ֥י אַדִּ֖יר לֹ֥א יַעַבְרֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (if) there \[will.be\].majestic Yahweh for us a.place of.rivers canals broad of.both.sides not it.will.go on it ship\[s\] of.rowing and a.ship majestic not it will.pass.along.it

*JPS 1917:* But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, in a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

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