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title: צֵלָע — rib · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֵלָע (6763), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 40 times: rib. BDB 1906: n.f. rib, side. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֵלָע

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«צֵלָע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rib** — 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:** 40 times · **Key:** 6763 · **BDB:** צֵלָע

### Glosses

of.the.side (5); side-chambers (5); side (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rib [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6763/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. rib, side [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6763/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.(m. 1 K 6:34, and appar. Ex 26:26) rib, side;—abs. צ׳ Gn 2:22 +, cstr. צֶ֫לַע Ex 26:26 +, also צֵ֫לַע 2 S 16:13; sf. צַלְעוֹ Ex 25:12 +; pl. צְלָעִים 1 K 6:34, צְלָעוֹת v 3 +; cstr. צַלְעֹת Ez 41:26 +; sf. צַלְעֹתָיו Gn 2:21 +;— rib of man Gn 2:21, 22 (J). rib of hill, i.e. ridge, or terrace 2 S 16:13. side-chambers or cells (enclosing temple like ribs) 1 K 6:5, 6 (read הַצּ׳ for היצוע, v. \[יָצִיעַ\]), 7:3, so of Ezek.’s temple Ez 41:5 + 10 times 41 (on text v. Co Toy Krae). ribs of cedar and fir, i.e. planks, boards (pl.), of temple wall 1 K 6:15, 16, floor v 15. leaves of door v 34. (in P) side, of ark (אֲרוֹן) Ex 25:12(×2), 14 = 37:3(×2), 5; of tabern. (מִשְׁכָּן) 26:20 (‖ פֵּאָה v 18), v 26, 27(×2) = 36:25 (‖ פ׳ v 23), v 31, 32, 26:35(×2); of altar 27:7 = 38:7, 30:4 = 37:27.—Je 20:10; Jb 18:12 v. צֶלַע sub II. צלע.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 2 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 (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֵלָע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6763/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 26:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.20/)

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וּלְצֶ֧לַע הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית לִפְאַ֣ת צָפ֑וֹן עֶשְׂרִ֖ים קָֽרֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and for the.side of the.tabernacle (the) second \[will belong\].to.\[the\].side of.\[the\].north twenty frame\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards.

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[Exodus 26:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.26/)

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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בְרִיחִ֖ם עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים חֲמִשָּׁ֕ה לְקַרְשֵׁ֥י צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן הָאֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make bars wood(s) of.acacia five.\[bars\] \[will belong\].to.the.frames of.the.side of the.tabernacle (the) one

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

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