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title: צַפַּחַת — jar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַפַּחַת (6835), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: jar. BDB 1906: n.f. jar, jug. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַפַּחַת

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«צַפַּחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **jar** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6835 · **BDB:** צַפַּ֫חַת

### Glosses

the.jug (5); a.jug (1); jug (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

jar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6835/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. jar, jug [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6835/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. jar, jug, of flat or broad shape;—abs. צַפּ֑חַתּ 1 K 17:12; cstr. צַפַּחַת 1 S 26:11 +;—jar or jug for water 1 S 26:11, 12, 16; 1 K 19:6; for oil 1 K 17:12, 14, 16 (on masc. verb חָסֵר v. Ew§ 317 c, but prob. read חָסֵ֑רָה SS AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 89, cf. v 14).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 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 «צַפַּחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6835/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 17:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.17.16/)

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כַּ֤ד הַקֶּ֙מַח֙ לֹ֣א כָלָ֔תָה וְצַפַּ֥חַת הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן לֹ֣א חָסֵ֑ר כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּיַ֥ד אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* the.jar of.(the) flour not it.was.at.an.end and the.jug of.(the) oil not it.was.lacking according to.the.word of.Yahweh which he.spoke by the.hand of.Elijah

*JPS 1917:* The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah.

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[1 Kings 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.19.6/)

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וַיַּבֵּ֕ט וְהִנֵּ֧ה מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו עֻגַ֥ת רְצָפִ֖ים וְצַפַּ֣חַת מָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ וַיָּ֖שָׁב וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* and he.looked and there! place.of.his.head \[was\].the a.bread.cake of.hot.coals and a.jug of.water and he.ate and he.drank and he.returned and he.lay.down

*JPS 1917:* And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

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