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title: צִיבָא — Ziba · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִיבָא (6717), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Ziba. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִיבָא

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«צִיבָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ziba** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 6717 · **BDB:** צִיבָא

### Glosses

Ziba (13); \[was\].Ziba (1); of.Ziba (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ziba [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6717/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6717/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (2 S 16:4) צִבָא16 n.pr.m. Σ(ε)ιβα: servant of Saul’s house, 2 S 9:2(×2) + 14 times 9, 16, 19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִיבָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6717/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 9:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.9.12/)

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וְלִמְפִיבֹ֥שֶׁת בֵּן־קָטָ֖ן וּשְׁמ֣וֹ מִיכָ֑א וְכֹל֙ מוֹשַׁ֣ב בֵּית־צִיבָ֔א עֲבָדִ֖ים לִמְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃

*Word for word:* and \[belonged to\].Mephibosheth a.son young and name his \[was\].Mica and every (the).resident of.the.house of.Ziba \[were\].servants of Mephibosheth

*JPS 1917:* Now Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

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[2 Samuel 19:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.30/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לָ֛מָּה תְּדַבֵּ֥ר ע֖וֹד דְּבָרֶ֑יךָ אָמַ֕רְתִּי אַתָּ֣ה וְצִיבָ֔א תַּחְלְק֖וּ אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to him the king why? are.you.speaking still words your I.say you and Ziba you.will.divide (et) the field

*JPS 1917:* And the king said unto him: 'Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say: Thou and Ziba divide the land.'

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