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title: צָיוֹן — dryness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָיוֹן (6724), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: dryness. BDB 1906: dryness, parched ground. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָיוֹן

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«צָיוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dryness** — 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:** 6724 · **BDB:** צָיוֹן

### Glosses

a.dry.land (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dryness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6724/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dryness, parched ground [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6724/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dryness, parched ground (on format. v. LagBN 204);—כְּחֹרֶב בְּצ׳ Is 25:5, בְּצ׳ 32:2 (‖ אֶרֶץ עֲיֵפָה; both in sim.).

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָיוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6724/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 25:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.25.5/)

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כְּחֹ֣רֶב בְּצָי֔וֹן שְׁא֥וֹן זָרִ֖ים תַּכְנִ֑יעַ חֹ֚רֶב בְּצֵ֣ל עָ֔ב זְמִ֥יר עָֽרִיצִ֖ים יַעֲנֶֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* like heat in a.dry.land \[the\].uproar of.strangers you.will.subdue heat by.\[the\] shade of.a.cloud \[the\].song of.ruthless.\[people\] he.will.quieten

*JPS 1917:* As the heat in a dry place, Thou didst subdue the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones was brought low.

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[Isaiah 32:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.2/)

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וְהָיָה־אִ֥ישׁ כְּמַֽחֲבֵא־ר֖וּחַ וְסֵ֣תֶר זָ֑רֶם כְּפַלְגֵי־מַ֣יִם בְּצָי֔וֹן כְּצֵ֥ל סֶֽלַע־כָּבֵ֖ד בְּאֶ֥רֶץ עֲיֵפָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.be each like a.hiding.place of.a.wind and a.shelter of.a.rainstorm like streams of.water in a.dry.land like.\[the\] shadow of.a.rock heavy in a.land weary

*JPS 1917:* And a man shall be as in a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as by the watercourses in a dry place, as in the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

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