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title: צָעִיר — Zair · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָעִיר (6811), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Zair. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָעִיר

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«צָעִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zair** — 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:** 6811 · **BDB:** צָעִיר²

### Glosses

to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6811/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6811/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. prob. on border of Edom, צָעִ֫ירָה 2 K 8:21, εἰς Σειωρ (𝔊L ἐκ Σιωρ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/1510/6811/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 8:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.21/)

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וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר יוֹרָם֙ צָעִ֔ירָה וְכָל־הָרֶ֖כֶב עִמּ֑וֹ וַֽיְהִי־ה֞וּא קָ֣ם לַ֗יְלָה וַיַּכֶּ֨ה אֶת־אֱד֜וֹם הַסֹּבֵ֤יב אֵלָיו֙ וְאֵת֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הָרֶ֔כֶב וַיָּ֥נָס הָעָ֖ם לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.passed.over Joram to Zair and all the chariotry \[was\].with him and it.was he he.arose night and he.defeated (et) Edom \[which was\].surrounding (to) him and (et) the.commanders of the.chariotry and it.fled the people to tents its

*JPS 1917:* Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

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