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title: צֶלַע — limping · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֶלַע (6761), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: limping. BDB 1906: limping, stumbling. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֶלַע

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«צֶלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **limping** — 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:** 6761 · **BDB:** צֶ֫לַע

### Glosses

stumbling (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

limping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6761/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

limping, stumbling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6761/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] limping, stumbling;—fig. of calamity, abs. לְצ׳ ψ 38:18 I am ready (נָכוֹן) for stumbling (and falling); sf. בְּצַלְעִי ψ 35:15 at my stumbling; שֹׁמְרֵי צ׳ Je 20:10 watchers of my stumbling; אֵיד נָכוֹן לְצַלְעוֹ Jb 18;12 ruin is ready for his stumbling.—Vid. also צֵלָׄע cstr.

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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, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֶלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6761/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.12/)

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יְהִי־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵ֗יד נָכ֥וֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* it.is hungry strength his and disaster \[is\].prepared for stumbling his

*JPS 1917:* His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.

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[Psalms 38:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.18/)

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כִּֽי־אֲ֭נִי לְצֶ֣לַע נָכ֑וֹן וּמַכְאוֹבִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I for stumbling \[am\].prepared and pain my \[is\].before me continually

*JPS 1917:* For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.

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