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title: צָעַן — wander · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָעַן (6813), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: wander. BDB 1906: vb. wander, travel. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָעַן

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«צָעַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wander** — 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:** 6813 · **BDB:** צָעַן

### Glosses

anyone.will.pack.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wander [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6813/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wander, travel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6813/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. wander, travel (Arabic ظَعَنَ journey, go away; prob. connected with Assyrian ṣênu, Ethiopic ጸዐነ:, Aramaic טְעַן, Palm. טען, all load (beast, etc.) = Heb. טָעַן †Gn 45:17; Aramaic טְעַן, ܛܥܰܢ also bear, carry);— Impf. 3 ms. יִצְעָן Is 33:20 travel, i.e. be removed, of tent (+ יִסַּע).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָעַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6813/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 33:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.20/)

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חֲזֵ֣ה צִיּ֔וֹן קִרְיַ֖ת מֽוֹעֲדֵ֑נוּ עֵינֶיךָ֩ תִרְאֶ֨ינָה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם נָוֶ֣ה שַׁאֲנָ֗ן אֹ֤הֶל בַּל־יִצְעָן֙ בַּל־יִסַּ֤ע יְתֵֽדֹתָיו֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וְכָל־חֲבָלָ֖יו בַּל־יִנָּתֵֽקוּ׃

*Word for word:* see Zion the.town our.appointed.feast our eyes your they.will.see Jerusalem a.habitation undisturbed a.tent \[which\].not anyone.will.pack.up \[which\].not anyone.will.pull.out pegs its.tent to perpetuity and.\[which\] all ropes its not they.will.be.torn.apart

*JPS 1917:* Look upon Zion, the city of our solemn gatherings; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a peaceful habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

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