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title: צָנַף — wrap · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָנַף (6801), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: wrap. BDB 1906: vb. warp wind up, together. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָנַף

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«צָנַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wrap** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6801 · **BDB:** צָנַף

### Glosses

he (1); he.will.wind (1); tightly.(wind.up) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wrap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6801/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. warp wind up, together [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6801/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. warp, or wind up, together (cf. Arabic صَنِفَةٌ hem of garment, 𝔗J צְנָפָא skirt (= כָּנָף); מַצְנֵפָא, ܡܰܨܢܰܦܬܳܐ turban, ChrPal. ܨܢܦܬܐ tassel);— Impf. 3 ms. יִצְנֹף Lv 16:4 he shall wind (his head) with (ב) the turban (מִצְנֶפֶת q.v.); sf., + Inf. abs. and acc. cogn. צָנוֹף יִצְנָפְךָ צְנֵפָה Is 22:18 he will wind thee entirely up (with) a winding (under fig. of ball, to be driven far off, in exile).—צנוף Is 62:3 v. following.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָנַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6801/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 22:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.18/)

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צָנ֤וֹף יִצְנָפְךָ֙ צְנֵפָ֔ה כַּדּ֕וּר אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדָ֑יִם שָׁ֣מָּה תָמ֗וּת וְשָׁ֙מָּה֙ מַרְכְּב֣וֹת כְּבוֹדֶ֔ךָ קְל֖וֹן בֵּ֥ית אֲדֹנֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* tightly.(wind.up) he will.wind.you.up a.winding a.ball to a.land broad of.both.sides there (to) you.will.die and \[will be\].(to).there the.chariots your.splendor your O.disgrace of.the.house your.master(s) your

*JPS 1917:* He will violently roll and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of the lord's house.

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[Leviticus 16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.4/)

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כְּתֹֽנֶת־בַּ֨ד קֹ֜דֶשׁ יִלְבָּ֗שׁ וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־בַד֮ יִהְי֣וּ עַל־בְּשָׂרוֹ֒ וּבְאַבְנֵ֥ט בַּד֙ יַחְגֹּ֔ר וּבְמִצְנֶ֥פֶת בַּ֖ד יִצְנֹ֑ף בִּגְדֵי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הֵ֔ם וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם אֶת־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ וּלְבֵשָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* a.tunic of.linen of.holiness he.will.wear and undergarments of.linen they.will.be on flesh his and with a.sash of.linen he.will.gird.himself and with a.turban of.linen he.will.wind \[are\].garments of.holiness they and he.will.wash with (the) water (et) body his and he will.put.them.on

*JPS 1917:* He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired; they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.

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