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title: צֹעַר — Zoar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֹעַר (6820), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Zoar. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Zoar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֹעַר

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«צֹעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zoar** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 6820 · **BDB:** צֹ֫עַר

### Glosses

Zoar (7); \[is\].Zoar (2); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zoar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6820/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Zoar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6820/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Zoar (understood as insignificance, cf. Gn 19:20);—Σηγωρ, 𝔊L Σιγωρ, but Gn 13:10 Je 48:34 Ζογορ(α); on 𝔊 cf. furhter LagBN 54 f.: city at SE. end of Dead Sea, צֹעַר Gn 13:10; 14:2, 8 (both = בֶּלַע), Dt 34:3; Is 15:5; Je 48:34; צוֹעַר Gn 19:22, 30(×2); c. ה loc., צֹ֫עֲרָה v 23 + Je 48:4 (for MT צעוריה), 𝔊 Ζογορα, JDMich Ew Gf Gie al.—cf. BuhlGeogr. 271. 274 GASmGeogr. 506 f. 678 (App.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 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 «צֹעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6820/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 19:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.23/)

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הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ יָצָ֣א עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְל֖וֹט בָּ֥א צֹֽעֲרָה׃

*Word for word:* the sun it.came.out over the earth and Lot he.went to Zoar

*JPS 1917:* The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.

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[Deuteronomy 34:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.34.3/)

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וְאֶת־הַנֶּ֗גֶב וְֽאֶת־הַכִּכָּ֞ר בִּקְעַ֧ת יְרֵח֛וֹ עִ֥יר הַתְּמָרִ֖ים עַד־צֹֽעַר׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the Negev and (et) the district in.the.valley of.Jericho the.city of the.palm.trees to Zoar

*JPS 1917:* and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.

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