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title: צִמָּאוֹן — thirsty ground · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִמָּאוֹן (6774), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: thirsty ground. BDB 1906: thirsty ground. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִמָּאוֹן

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«צִמָּאוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thirsty ground** — 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:** 6774 · **BDB:** צִמָּאוֹן

### Glosses

thirsty.ground (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thirsty ground [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6774/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thirsty ground [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6774/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thirsty ground;—abs. צ׳ Dt 8:15; Is 35:7 ψ 107:33.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִמָּאוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6774/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.33/)

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יָשֵׂ֣ם נְהָר֣וֹת לְמִדְבָּ֑ר וּמֹצָ֥אֵי מַ֝֗יִם לְצִמָּאֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* he.made rivers into a.wilderness and springs of.water into thirsty.ground

*JPS 1917:* He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

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[Isaiah 35:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.7/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרָב֙ לַאֲגַ֔ם וְצִמָּא֖וֹן לְמַבּ֣וּעֵי מָ֑יִם בִּנְוֵ֤ה תַנִּים֙ רִבְצָ֔הּ חָצִ֖יר לְקָנֶ֥ה וָגֹֽמֶא׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.become the.parched ground (into).a pool and thirsty.ground \[will become\].(into).springs of.water \[will be\].in.a.habitation of.jackals place its.resting herbage \[will become\].(into).reed\[s\] and papyrus

*JPS 1917:* And the parched land shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals herds shall lie down, it shall be an enclosure for reeds and rushes.

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