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title: צִפּוּי — plating · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִפּוּי (6826), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: plating. BDB 1906: plating. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִפּוּי

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«צִפּוּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plating** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6826 · **BDB:** צִפּוּי

### Glosses

the.plating (3); plating (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plating [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6826/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

plating [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6826/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] metal plating;—of idols Is 30:22, capitals Ex 38:17, 19, altar Nu 17:3, 4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִפּוּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6826/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 38:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.19/)

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וְעַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם֙ אַרְבָּעָ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם אַרְבָּעָ֖ה נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וָוֵיהֶ֣ם כֶּ֔סֶף וְצִפּ֧וּי רָאשֵׁיהֶ֛ם וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף׃

*Word for word:* and pillars their \[were\].four and bases their four \[were\].bronze hooks their \[were\].silver and the.plating their.tops their and bands their \[were\].silver

*JPS 1917:* And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.

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[Numbers 17:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.4/)

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וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶלְעָזָ֣ר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֵ֚ת מַחְתּ֣וֹת הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִקְרִ֖יבוּ הַשְּׂרֻפִ֑ים וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם צִפּ֥וּי לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Eleazar the priest (et) the.censers of.(the) bronze which they.had.brought.near \[those who.were\].burned and people beat.them.out plating for the altar

*JPS 1917:* And Eleazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,

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