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title: צִידֹנִי — Sidonians · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִידֹנִי (6722), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Sidonians. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִידֹנִי

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«צִידֹנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sidonians** — 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:** 6722 · **BDB:** צִידֹנִי

### Glosses

Sidonians (6); of.\[the\].Sidonians (5); \[the\].Sidonians (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sidonians [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6722/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6722/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of foregoing;—צ׳ Ju 3:3; Ez 32:30; elsewhere pl. צִידֹנִים Dt 3:9 +, צִידוֹנִים Ju 10:12, צִדֹנִים 18:7 + 3 times; fpl. צֵדְנִיֹּת 1 K 11:1;—as subst. = Sidonians, coll. c. art. Ez 32:30; Ju 3:3; in earlier lit. appar. = Phoenicians Dt 3:9; Jos 13:4, 6; Ju 3:3; 10:12; 18:7(×2) 1 K 5:20 (= Tyre v 15), 16:31 (if, \[JosAnt. viii, 13:1\] Ethb. was king of Tyre also), Ez 32:30; also עַשְׁתֹּרֶת אֱלֹהֵי צ׳ 1 K 11:5, 33, cf. 2 K 23:13; named with Tyrians 1 Ch 22:4 Ezr 3:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִידֹנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6722/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.9/)

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צִידֹנִ֛ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן שִׂרְיֹ֑ן וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י יִקְרְאוּ־ל֖וֹ שְׂנִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].Sidonians they.call (to) Hermon Sirion and the Amorite\[s\] they.call (to) it Senir

*JPS 1917:* which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir —

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[1 Kings 11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.5/)

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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת אֱלֹהֵ֖י צִדֹנִ֑ים וְאַחֲרֵ֣י מִלְכֹּ֔ם שִׁקֻּ֖ץ עַמֹּנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.walked Solomon after Astarte the.god of.\[the\].Sidonians and after Milcom the.detestable.thing of.\[the\].Ammonites

*JPS 1917:* For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the detestation of the Ammonites.

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