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title: צַמֶּרֶת — top · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַמֶּרֶת (6788), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: top. BDB 1906: n.f. tree-top. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַמֶּרֶת

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«צַמֶּרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **top** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6788 · **BDB:** צַמֶּ֫רֶת

### Glosses

treetop (3); the.treetop (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

top [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6788/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tree-top [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6788/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. tree-top (poss. from woolly, feathery, appearance);—צ׳ cstr., of cedar (in fig.) Ez 17:3, 22, so sf. צַמַּרְתּוֹ 31:3, 10; of tall trees in gen., צַמַּרְתָּם v 14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צַמֶּרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6788/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 31:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.31.3/)

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הִנֵּ֨ה אַשּׁ֜וּר אֶ֣רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן יְפֵ֥ה עָנָ֛ף וְחֹ֥רֶשׁ מֵצַ֖ל וּגְבַ֣הּ קוֹמָ֑ה וּבֵ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֔ים הָיְתָ֖ה צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* there! Assyria \[was\].a.cedar in (the) Lebanon beautiful of.branch\[es\] and a.forest \[which\].gave.shade and tall of.height and between branches it.was treetop its

*JPS 1917:* Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

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[Ezekiel 31:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.31.10/)

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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֕עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּבַ֖הְתָּ בְּקוֹמָ֑ה וַיִּתֵּ֤ן צַמַּרְתּוֹ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ין עֲבוֹתִ֔ים וְרָ֥ם לְבָב֖וֹ בְּגָבְהֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh because that you.were.tall in height and it.set treetop its to between branches and it.was.lifted.up heart its in height its

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

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