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title: צָלִי — roasted · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָלִי (6748), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: roasted. BDB 1906: adj. n.m. roasted, roast. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָלִי

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«צָלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **roasted** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6748 · **BDB:** צָלִי

### Glosses

roasted (2); roasted.meat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roasted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6748/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. n.m. roasted, roast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6748/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. et n.m. roasted, roast;—cstr. (as adj.) צְלִי־אֵשׁ (P) of flesh (בָּשָׂר) Ex 12:8, 9 (opp. מְבֻשָּׁל בַּמָּ֑יִם); abs. as subst. cogn. Is 44:16 v. \[צָלָה\].

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «צָלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6748/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 12:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.8/)

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וְאָכְל֥וּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂ֖ר בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַזֶּ֑ה צְלִי־אֵ֣שׁ וּמַצּ֔וֹת עַל־מְרֹרִ֖ים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.eat (et) the meat in the night (the) this roasted of.fire and unleavened.bread(s) with bitter.herbs they will.eat.it

*JPS 1917:* And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

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[Isaiah 44:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.16/)

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חֶצְיוֹ֙ שָׂרַ֣ף בְּמוֹ־אֵ֔שׁ עַל־חֶצְיוֹ֙ בָּשָׂ֣ר יֹאכֵ֔ל יִצְלֶ֥ה צָלִ֖י וְיִשְׂבָּ֑ע אַף־יָחֹם֙ וְיֹאמַ֣ר הֶאָ֔ח חַמּוֹתִ֖י רָאִ֥יתִי אֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* of.it half he.burns in a.fire over of.it half meat he.eats he.roasts roasted.meat and he.is.satisfied also he.is.warm and he.says aha! I.am.warm I.see a.fire

*JPS 1917:* He burneth the half thereof in the fire; with the half thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith: 'Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire';

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