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title: צָעִיר — little · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָעִיר (6810), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: little. BDB 1906: adj. little, insignificant, young. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָעִיר

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«צָעִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **little** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 6810 · **BDB:** צָעִיר

### Glosses

young (6); insignificant (3); his.young (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

little [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6810/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. little, insignificant, young [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6810/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. little, insignificant, young;—abs. צָעִיר Gn 25:23 +; f. צְעִירָה Gn 19:31 +; צְעִרָה 1 S 9:21; mpl. צְעִירִים Jb 30:1; sf. צְעִירֶיהָ Je 48:4 Qr (Kt צעוריה; but v. צֹעַר); צְעִירֵיהֶם Je 14:3 (Kt צעוריהם), etc.;— little, with idea of insignificance Ju 6:15 (‖ הַדַּל), cf. 1 S 9:21 (‖ קְטַנֵּי), Mi 5:1 ψ 68:28; Is 60:22 (opp. גוי עצום); of horn in vision Dn 8:9, read prob. אחרת צעירה for אחת מִצְּעִירָה, cf. Bev Dr; צְעִירֵי הַצֹּאן Je 49:20; 50:45 (fig. of helpless captives). insignificant, mean, ψ 119:141 (‖ נִבְוֶה), Je 14:3 (as subst.); on Je 48:4 v. צֹעַר. more often of age, young (usually c. art. the younger, youngest, as subst.), of son (brother), opp. הַבְּכוֹר Gn 43:33; 48:14 (both J), Jos 6:26; 1 K 16:34, opp. רַב Gn 25:23 (J), cf. צ׳ אני לְיָמִים ואתם יְשִׁישִׁים Jb 32:6, cf. 30:1; of daughter (sister), opp. הַבְּכִירָה Gn 19:31, 34, 35, 38 (J) 29:26 (E); here belongs צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לימים Jb 30:1, si vera l.; GHBWr Siegf Bu del. ממני לימים; 𝔊 ἐλάχιστοι; put then under 1 b.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָעִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6810/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 48:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.4/)

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נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה מוֹאָ֑ב הִשְׁמִ֥יעוּ זְּעָקָ֖ה צְעִירֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* it.will.be.broken Moab they.will.make.heard a.cry.of.distress its servants

*JPS 1917:* Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

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[Psalms 119:141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.141/)

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צָעִ֣יר אָנֹכִ֣י וְנִבְזֶ֑ה פִּ֝קֻּדֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* \[am\].insignificant I and.\[am\] despised precepts your not I.have.forgotten

*JPS 1917:* I am small and despised; yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts.

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