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title: צֹנֶה — flocks · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֹנֶה (6792), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: flocks. BDB 1906: n.m. flocks. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֹנֶה

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«צֹנֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flocks** — 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:** 6792 · **BDB:** צֹנֶה

### Glosses

sheep (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flocks [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6792/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flocks [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6792/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \[צֹנֶא\] \[n.m.\] flocks (‖ form of צֹאן q.v.);—abs. צֹנֶה ψ 8:8; sf. צֹנַאֲכֶם Nu 32:24 (JE).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֹנֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6792/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.8.8/)

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צֹנֶ֣ה וַאֲלָפִ֣ים כֻּלָּ֑ם וְ֝גַ֗ם בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדָֽי׃

*Word for word:* sheep and cattle(s) of.them all and also \[the\].animals of.\[the\].field

*JPS 1917:* Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;

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[Numbers 32:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.24/)

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בְּנֽוּ־לָכֶ֤ם עָרִים֙ לְטַפְּכֶ֔ם וּגְדֵרֹ֖ת לְצֹנַאֲכֶ֑ם וְהַיֹּצֵ֥א מִפִּיכֶ֖ם תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃

*Word for word:* build for yourselves cities for your.little one\[s\] and folds for sheep your and the.\[thing which.has\].gone.out from mouth your you.will.do

*JPS 1917:* Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.'

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