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title: צָנַע — be modest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָנַע (6800), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be modest. BDB 1906: vb. be modest, humble. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָנַע

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«צָנַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be modest** — 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:** 6800 · **BDB:** צָנַע

### Glosses

to.be.modest (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be modest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6800/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be modest, humble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6800/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be modest, humble (perhaps proposes be retired, NH Hiph. keep close, reserve, preserve, so 𝔗 אַצְנַע; צְנִיעַ retiring, modest);— Inf. abs. הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת Mi 6:8 a making humble to walk = shewing a humble walk (with God).

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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 «צָנַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6800/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.8/)

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הִגִּ֥יד לְךָ֛ אָדָ֖ם מַה־טּ֑וֹב וּמָֽה־יְהוָ֞ה דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ מִמְּךָ֗ כִּ֣י אִם־עֲשׂ֤וֹת מִשְׁפָּט֙ וְאַ֣הֲבַת חֶ֔סֶד וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ לֶ֖כֶת עִם־אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* he.has.told to you O.humankind what? \[is\].good and what? \[is\].Yahweh requiring from you (dm) (if) to.do justice and the.love of.covenant.loyalty and to.be.modest to.walk with God your

*JPS 1917:* It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the LORD doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.

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