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title: צָנַם — dry up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָנַם (6798), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: dry up. BDB 1906: vb. dry up, harden. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָנַם

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«צָנַם» 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:** 6798 · **BDB:** צָנַם

### Glosses

withered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dry up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6798/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dry up, harden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6798/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dry up, harden (cf. Aramaic צוּנָמָא, ܨܘܢܳܡܳܐ, stone);— Pt. pass. fpl. צְנֻמוֹת Gn 41:23 (E) of ears of grain.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָנַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6798/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 41:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.23/)

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וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים צְנֻמ֥וֹת דַּקּ֖וֹת שְׁדֻפ֣וֹת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and there! seven ears.of.grain withered thin scorched of.an.east.wind \[were\].springing.up after them

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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