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title: צַפְצָפָה — willow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַפְצָפָה (6851), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: willow. BDB 1906: n.f. willow. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַפְצָפָה

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«צַפְצָפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **willow** — 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:** 6851 · **BDB:** צַפְצָפָה

### Glosses

a.willow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

willow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6851/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. willow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6851/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a kind of willow (? onomatop., from rustling; NH id.; Arabic صَفْصَافٌ );—Ez 17:5.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צַפְצָפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6851/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 17:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.5/)

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וַיִּקַּח֙ מִזֶּ֣רַע הָאָ֔רֶץ וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ בִּשְׂדֵה־זָ֑רַע קָ֚ח עַל־מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים צַפְצָפָ֖ה שָׂמֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.took one of.the.seed of the.land and it put.it in a.field of.seed a.shoot at waters many a.willow it placed.it

*JPS 1917:* He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters, he set it as a slip.

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