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title: צֶלְצַח — Zelzah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֶלְצַח (6766), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Zelzah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֶלְצַח

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«צֶלְצַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zelzah** — 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:** 6766 · **BDB:** צֶלְצַח

### Glosses

Zelzah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zelzah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6766/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6766/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Benj. 1 S 10:2 (si vera l.; prob. crpt. (Dr); HPS conj. מִצֵּלַע, cf. 2 S 21:14).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֶלְצַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6766/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.2/)

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בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֤ הַיּוֹם֙ מֵעִמָּדִ֔י וּמָצָאתָ֩ שְׁנֵ֨י אֲנָשִׁ֜ים עִם־קְבֻרַ֥ת רָחֵ֛ל בִּגְב֥וּל בִּנְיָמִ֖ן בְּצֶלְצַ֑ח וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ נִמְצְא֤וּ הָאֲתֹנוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַ֣כְתָּ לְבַקֵּ֔שׁ וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָטַ֤שׁ אָבִ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֣י הָאֲתֹנ֔וֹת וְדָאַ֤ג לָכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לִבְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* when go you this day from with me and you.will.find two men near the.grave of.Rachel in the.territory of.Benjamin at Zelzah and they.will.say to you they.have.been.found the she-asses which you.went to seek and there! he.has.abandoned father your (et) the.matter(s) of the.she-asses and he.is.anxious to you (cmp) what? will.I.do for son my

*JPS 1917:* When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by the tomb of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee: The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious concerning you, saying: What shall I do for my son?

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