--- title: צָפַן — hide · The Tanakh dictionary description: צָפַן (6845), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: hide. BDB 1906: vb. Qal:. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6845.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-3.md)‎ / צָפַן‎ # צָפַן «צָפַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hide** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 32 times · **Key:** 6845 · **BDB:** צָפַן ### Glosses they.lie.hidden (3); he.hides (2); she (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) hide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6845/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Qal: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6845/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. hide, treasure up (NH id.; TelAm. ṣapânu; set, of sun);— Pf. 3 ms. צ׳ Pr 27:16: 2 ms. צָפַנְתָּ Jb 10:13 +, etc.; Impf. יִצְפֹּן Jb 21:19 + Pr 2:7 Qr (Kt וצפן), sf. יִּצְפְּנֵנִי ψ 27:5, etc.; Pt. act. pl. sf. צֹפְנֶיהָ Pr 27:16; pass. צָפוּן Pr. 13:22 +, ψ 17:14 Kt; f. צְפוּנָה Ho 13:12, etc.;— trans. hide, c. acc. pers. Ex 2:2 (E), Jos 2:4 (JE), of hiding a quarrelsome woman, like hiding wind Pr 27:16(×2) (si vera l.; cf. Toy); of י׳’s hiding his servants (from evil) ψ 27:5; 31:21: = treasure up a thing, Pr 10:14, + אִתְּךָ with thyself, in thine own keeping 2:1 = 7:1, in (ב) the heart Jb 10:13 (subj. י׳; of secret purposes), ψ 119:11, cf. Jb 23:12; + ל pers. Pr 13:22; Ct 7:14, subj. י׳ Jb 21:19 reserve penalty; blessings ψ 31:20; Pr 2:7; + מִן Jb 17:4 thou \[God\] hast treasured up their heart away from understanding, kept it therefrom; pass., of sin Ho 13:12 (abs.; ‖ צָרוּר); read poss. צָפוּן for צָפוּ Jb 15:22 treasured up for (אֱלֵי) the sword (v. I. צפה); צָפוּן = treasured, cherished place (i.e. Jerusalem) Ez 7:22; = treasure ψ 17:14 Qr (Kt צפינך, v. צפין), Jb 20:26 (on dub. text v. Bu); pl. of י׳’s treasured ones, his saints ψ 83:4. intrans. lie hid, lurk, abs. ψ 56:7, c. ל pers. Pr 1:11, 18 and (of eyes of wicked) ψ 10:8. Pf. 3 ms. נִצְפַּן Je 16:17 be hidden from before (מִנֶּגֶד) י׳’s eyes (‖ נִסְתְּרוּ); 3 pl. נִצְפְּנוּ Jb 24:1 + מִשַּׁי stored up on the part of Shadday; stored up for (ל) one 15:20. hide, = Qal: Impf. 2 ms. sf. תַּצְפִּנֵנִי Jb 14:13, c. ב loc.; 3 mpl. יצפינו ψ 56:7 Kt (but Qal); Inf. cstr. sf. הַצְּפִינוֹ (Ges§ 20 h) Ex 2:3 to hide him. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «צָפַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6845/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Hosea 13:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.13.12/) צָרוּר֙ עֲוֺ֣ן אֶפְרָ֔יִם צְפוּנָ֖ה חַטָּאתֽוֹ׃ *Word for word:* \[is\].bound.up the.iniquity of.Ephraim \[is\].stored.up sin his *JPS 1917:* The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store. [Proverbs 10:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.14/) חֲכָמִ֥ים יִצְפְּנוּ־דָ֑עַת וּפִֽי־אֱ֝וִיל מְחִתָּ֥ה קְרֹבָֽה׃ *Word for word:* wise.\[people\] they.store.up knowledge and.\[the\] mouth of.a.fool \[is\].ruin near *JPS 1917:* Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an imminent ruin. - ← previous: [צָפִית](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6844.md) - next →: [צְפַנְיָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6846.md) - ↑ back to [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-3.md)