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title: צָעָה — stoop · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָעָה (6808), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: stoop. BDB 1906: vb. stoop, bend, incline Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָעָה

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«צָעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stoop** — 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:** 6808 · **BDB:** צָעָה

### Glosses

\[have.been\].lying.down (1); \[he.is\].bending (1); \[one.who\].stoops (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stoop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6808/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. stoop, bend, incline Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6808/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. stoop, bend, incline (Arabic صَغَا (و, ى) incline, lean, cf. also صَغِىَ );— Pt. צֹעֶה Is 51:14 one stooping (under a burden), 63:1 bending (forward or backward; from abundant strength), but read prob. צֹעֵד marching (Lo Gr Che Du Di-Kit al.); f. אַתְּ צֹעָה זֹנָה Je 2:20 (in sensu obscoeno). trans. (= Pi. q.v.) pl. צֹעִים Je 48:12 men inclining, tipping a vessel, to empty it. Pf. 3 pl. sf. וְצֵעֻהוּ Je 48:12 I will send tippers and they shall tip him over (Moab, under fig. of vessel).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «צָעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6808/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 51:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.14/)

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מִהַ֥ר צֹעֶ֖ה לְהִפָּתֵ֑חַ וְלֹא־יָמ֣וּת לַשַּׁ֔חַת וְלֹ֥א יֶחְסַ֖ר לַחְמֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he.will.hasten \[one.who\].stoops to be.let.loose and not he.will.die to the pit and not he.will.lack food his

*JPS 1917:* He that is bent down shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not go down dying into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

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[Jeremiah 48:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.12/)

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לָכֵ֞ן הִנֵּ֖ה־יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ל֥וֹ צֹעִ֖ים וְצֵעֻ֑הוּ וְכֵלָ֣יו יָרִ֔יקוּ וְנִבְלֵיהֶ֖ם יְנַפֵּֽצוּ׃

*Word for word:* therefore here! days \[are\].coming the.utterance of.Yahweh and I.will.send to it \[those.who\].tilt and they will.tilt.it and vessels its they.will.empty.out and jars their they.will.smash

*JPS 1917:* Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him them that tilt up, and they shall tilt him up; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.

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