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title: צִיר — pivot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִיר (6735), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: pivot. BDB 1906: pivot hinge. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִיר

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«צִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pivot** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6735 · **BDB:** צִיר³

### Glosses

hinge\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pivot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6735/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pivot hinge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6735/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pivot (of door), hinge;—sf. הַדֶּלֶת תִּסּוֹב עַל־צִירָהּ Pr 26:14 (in ‖ of sluggard).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (31 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (27 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6735/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.14/)

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הַ֭דֶּלֶת תִּסּ֣וֹב עַל־צִירָ֑הּ וְ֝עָצֵ֗ל עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the door it.turns on hinge\[s\] its and a.sluggard on bed his

*JPS 1917:* The door is turning upon its hinges, and the sluggard is still upon his bed.

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