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title: צָעִיף — wrapper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָעִיף (6809), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: wrapper. BDB 1906: wrapper, shawl veil. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָעִיף

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«צָעִיף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wrapper** — 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:** 6809 · **BDB:** צָעִיף

### Glosses

veil (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wrapper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6809/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

wrapper, shawl veil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6809/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] wrapper, shawl, or veil;—abs. צ׳ Gn 24:65; 38:14; sf. צְעִיפָהּ v 19 (all J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָעִיף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6809/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.19/)

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וַתָּ֣קָם וַתֵּ֔לֶךְ וַתָּ֥סַר צְעִיפָ֖הּ מֵעָלֶ֑יהָ וַתִּלְבַּ֖שׁ בִּגְדֵ֥י אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and she.arose and she.went and she.removed veil her from on her and she.put.on the.clothes her.widowhood her

*JPS 1917:* And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

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[Genesis 24:65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.65/)

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וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־הָעֶ֗בֶד מִֽי־הָאִ֤ישׁ הַלָּזֶה֙ הַהֹלֵ֤ךְ בַּשָּׂדֶה֙ לִקְרָאתֵ֔נוּ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הָעֶ֖בֶד ה֣וּא אֲדֹנִ֑י וַתִּקַּ֥ח הַצָּעִ֖יף וַתִּתְכָּֽס׃

*Word for word:* and she.said to the servant who? \[is\].the man this \[who is\].walking in the field to meet us and he.said the servant he master \[is\].my and she.took the veil and she.covered.herself

*JPS 1917:* And she said unto the servant: 'What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?' And the servant said: 'It is my master.' And she took her veil, and covered herself.

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