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title: צָמַק — dry up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָמַק (6784), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: dry up. BDB 1906: vb. dry up, shrivel. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָמַק

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«צָמַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dry up** — 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:** 6784 · **BDB:** צָמַק

### Glosses

\[which\].dry.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dry up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6784/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dry up, shrivel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6784/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dry up, shrivel (NH id.; 𝔗J Nu 6:3 צְמִיקִין, for יְבֵשִׁיּם);— Pt. act. pl. שָׁדַיִם צֹמְקִים Ho 9:14 shrivelling breasts (of women; ‖ רֶחֶם מַשְׁכִּיל).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָמַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6784/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 9:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.9.14/)

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תֵּן־לָהֶ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה מַה־תִּתֵּ֑ן תֵּן־לָהֶם֙ רֶ֣חֶם מַשְׁכִּ֔יל וְשָׁדַ֖יִם צֹמְקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* give to them O.Yahweh what? will.you.give give to them a.womb \[which\].miscarries and breasts \[which\].dry.up

*JPS 1917:* Give them, O LORD, whatsoever Thou wilt give; give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

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