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title: צְפִירָה — plait · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְפִירָה (6843), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: plait. BDB 1906: n.f. plait, chaplet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְפִירָה

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«צְפִירָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plait** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6843 · **BDB:** צְפִירָה

### Glosses

doom (2); diadem (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plait [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6843/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. plait, chaplet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6843/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. plait, chaplet;—abs. צ׳ Ez 7:7, צְפִרָה v 10; cstr. צְפִירַת Is 28:5;—chaplet, coronet, diadem, צ׳ תִּפְאָרַה Is 28:5 (fig. of י׳; ‖ עֲטֶרֶת צְבִי).—צ׳ Ez 7:7, 10 is dub.; AV morning (as Ki, from Aramaic) is unsuitable; most (after AW دَوْرٌ) doom, fate (as coming round upon one, cf. RV Da Toy), but v. DrHast. ii. 176 n.; diadem is possible v 10 (‖ הַמַּטֶּה; of royal house of Judah Co Berthol; or of Jerus. Krae), but not v 7; conj. in Co Berthol Krae.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «צְפִירָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6843/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.7.10/)

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הִנֵּ֥ה הַיּ֖וֹם הִנֵּ֣ה בָאָ֑ה יָֽצְאָה֙ הַצְּפִרָ֔ה צָ֚ץ הַמַּטֶּ֔ה פָּרַ֖ח הַזָּדֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* there! the day there! \[it.is\].coming it.has.gone.forth (the) doom it.has.blossomed the rod it.has.budded (the) presumption

*JPS 1917:* Behold the day; behold, it cometh; the turn is come forth; the rod hath blossomed, arrogancy hath budded.

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[Isaiah 28:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.5/)

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בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִֽהְיֶה֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת לַעֲטֶ֣רֶת צְבִ֔י וְלִצְפִירַ֖ת תִּפְאָרָ֑ה לִשְׁאָ֖ר עַמּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* in the day (the) that he.will.become Yahweh of.hosts (into).a crown of.beauty and.(into) a diadem of.splendor for the.remnant his.people his

*JPS 1917:* In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of His people;

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