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title: צֶפַע — serpent · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֶפַע (6848), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: serpent. BDB 1906: n.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֶפַע

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«צֶפַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **serpent** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6848 · **BDB:** צֶ֫פַע

### Glosses

a.viper (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

serpent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6848/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6848/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a (poisonous) serpent (from hissing?);—Is 14:29; usually taken as = following.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֶפַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6848/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 14:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.29/)

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אַֽל־תִּשְׂמְחִ֤י פְלֶ֙שֶׁת֙ כֻּלֵּ֔ךְ כִּ֥י נִשְׁבַּ֖ר שֵׁ֣בֶט מַכֵּ֑ךְ כִּֽי־מִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁ נָחָשׁ֙ יֵ֣צֵא צֶ֔פַע וּפִרְי֖וֹ שָׂרָ֥ף מְעוֹפֵֽף׃

*Word for word:* do.not rejoice O.Philistia of.you all (dm).that it.has.been.broken the.rod of the.\[one.who\].struck.you (dm) from.\[the\] root of.a.snake it.will.go.forth a.viper and fruit its \[will.be\].a.serpent flying

*JPS 1917:* Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a basilisk, and his fruit shall be a flying serpent.

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