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title: צַמִּים — snare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַמִּים (6782), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: snare. BDB 1906: n.m. snare, trap. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַמִּים

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«צַמִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **snare** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6782 · **BDB:** צַמִּים²

### Glosses

a.snare (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

snare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6782/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. snare, trap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6782/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. doubtful word, usually snare, trap (from ‖ פַּח Jb 18:9);—וְשָׁאַף צ׳ חֵילָם Jb 5:5 and a snare snappeth at their wealth (so Bu BevJPhil. xxvi, 304 f.; Vrss Di Du and most mod. צְמֵאִים, or צָמֵא, the thirsty, sometimes with change of וְשָׁאַף); 18:9 (‖ פַּח; CheJQ ix (1897), 578 צִירִים pangs, cf. Is 13:8).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צַמִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6782/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.9/)

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יֹאחֵ֣ז בְּעָקֵ֣ב פָּ֑ח יַחֲזֵ֖ק עָלָ֣יו צַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* it.takes.hold on a.heel a.trap it.takes.hold on him a.snare

*JPS 1917:* A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

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[Job 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.5/)

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אֲשֶׁ֤ר קְצִיר֨וֹ ׀ רָ֘עֵ֤ב יֹאכֵ֗ל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּ֥ים יִקָּחֵ֑הוּ וְשָׁאַ֖ף צַמִּ֣ים חֵילָֽם׃

*Word for word:* who harvest his \[the\].hungry he.eats and to from thorns he takes.it and it.pants.for a.snare wealth their

*JPS 1917:* Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

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