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title: צְפַנְיָה — Zephaniah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְפַנְיָה (6846), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Zephaniah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְפַנְיָה

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«צְפַנְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zephaniah** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 6846 · **BDB:** צְפַנְיָה(וּ)

### Glosses

Zephaniah (5); of.Zephaniah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zephaniah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6846/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6846/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Σοφονιας (י׳ hath treasured; OHeb. צפניהו, Ph. צפנבעל);— priest, -יָה Je 21:1; 22:25, 29; 52:24 = -יָהוּ 2 K 25:18 (𝔊L Σαφανιας), Je 37:3. Elsewhere -יָה: the prophet Zp 1:1. a Judæan Zc 6:10–14. ancestor of Heman 1 Ch 6:21 (Σαφανιας; = אוּרִיאֵל v 9).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְפַנְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6846/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.21/)

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בֶּן־אֶלְקָנָה֙ בֶּן־יוֹאֵ֔ל בֶּן־עֲזַרְיָ֖ה בֶּן־צְפַנְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Elkanah the.son of.Joel the.son of.Azariah the.son of.Zephaniah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah;

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[Jeremiah 29:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.29/)

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וַיִּקְרָ֛א צְפַנְיָ֥ה הַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־הַסֵּ֣פֶר הַזֶּ֑ה בְּאָזְנֵ֖י יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִֽיא׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.read.aloud Zephaniah the priest (et) the letter (the) this in the.ears of.Jeremiah the prophet

*JPS 1917:* And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

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