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title: צַמָּה — woman’s veil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַמָּה (6777), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: woman’s veil. BDB 1906: n.f. woman’s veil. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַמָּה

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«צַמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **woman’s veil** — 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:** 6777 · **BDB:** צַמָּה²

### Glosses

veil (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

woman’s veil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6777/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. woman’s veil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6777/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. woman’s veil; sf. צַמָּתֵךְ;—Is 47:2 Ct 4:1, 3; 6:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צַמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6777/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.7/)

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כְּפֶ֤לַח הָרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].like.(the) slice of.(the) pomegranate temple your from behind to veil your

*JPS 1917:* Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

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[Isaiah 47:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.2/)

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קְחִ֥י רֵחַ֖יִם וְטַ֣חֲנִי קָ֑מַח גַּלִּ֨י צַמָּתֵ֧ךְ חֶשְׂפִּי־שֹׁ֛בֶל גַּלִּי־שׁ֖וֹק עִבְרִ֥י נְהָרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* take a.hand-mill and grind flour uncover veil your strip.off a.skirt uncover a.leg pass.through rivers

*JPS 1917:* Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

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