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title: צְעִירָה — youth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְעִירָה (6812), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: youth. BDB 1906: n.f. youth. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְעִירָה

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«צְעִירָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **youth** — 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:** 6812 · **BDB:** צְעִירָה

### Glosses

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### Meaning (OSHB)

youth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6812/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. youth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6812/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. youth;—sf. כִּצְעִרָתוֹ Gn 43:33 (J; opp. כִּבְכֹרָתוֹ).—On adj. צְעִירָה v. foregoing; צעוריה Je 48:4, צעוריהם Je 14:3, v. צֹעַר, צָעִיר.

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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 (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 «צְעִירָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6812/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 43:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.33/)

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וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ לְפָנָ֔יו הַבְּכֹר֙ כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ וְהַצָּעִ֖יר כִּצְעִרָת֑וֹ וַיִּתְמְה֥וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.sat.down before him the firstborn according to his.birthright and the.young \[brother\] according to his.youth and they.looked.in.astonishment the men each to neighbor his

*JPS 1917:* And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.

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