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title: צָלַע — limp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָלַע (6760), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: limp. BDB 1906: vb. limp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָלַע

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«צָלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **limp** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6760 · **BDB:** צָלַע

### Glosses

who.is\].lame (2); \[was\].limping (1); who.was\].lame (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

limp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6760/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. limp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6760/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. limp (Arabic ظَلَعَ, Aramaic טלע Aph.);— Pt. צֹלֵעַ עַל־יְרֵכוֹ Gn 32:32 (J; of Jacob); f. הַצֹּלֵעָה as subst., of personif. Judah as flock \[צֹאן\] Mi 4:6, 7; Zp 3:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6760/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 32:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.32/)

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וַיִּֽזְרַֽח־ל֣וֹ הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבַ֖ר אֶת־פְּנוּאֵ֑ל וְה֥וּא צֹלֵ֖עַ עַל־יְרֵכֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.rose to him the sun when he.passed.over (et) Penuel and he \[was\].limping on thigh his

*JPS 1917:* And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.

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[Micah 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.4.6/)

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בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה אֹֽסְפָה֙ הַצֹּ֣לֵעָ֔ה וְהַנִּדָּחָ֖ה אֲקַבֵּ֑צָה וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר הֲרֵעֹֽתִי׃

*Word for word:* in the day (the) that the.utterance of.Yahweh I.will.gather the.\[one who.is\].lame and the.\[one who.is\].outcast I.will.assemble and.\[those\] whom I.have.done.harm.to

*JPS 1917:* In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven away, and her that I have afflicted;

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