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title: צְפַרְדֵּעַ — frogs · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְפַרְדֵּעַ (6854), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: frogs. BDB 1906: n.f. frogs. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְפַרְדֵּעַ

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«צְפַרְדֵּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **frogs** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 6854 · **BDB:** צְפַרְדֵּעַ

### Glosses

frogs (10); frog\[s\] (2); the.frogs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

frogs [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6854/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. frogs [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6854/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Ex 8:2 (cf. also AlbrZAW xv (1895), 322 Ges§§ 135 o, 145 o) frogs (Arabic ضِفْدِعٌ, etc.; Aramaic עוּרְדְּעָנַיָּא, אוּרְדְּעָא, ܐܽܘܪܕܥܳܐ );—frogs, coll. Ex 8:2 ψ 78:45; pl. צְפַרְדְּעִים Ex 7:27, 28, 29; 8:1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 ψ 105:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 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 «צְפַרְדֵּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6854/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 105:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.30/)

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שָׁרַ֣ץ אַרְצָ֣ם צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗י מַלְכֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* it.swarmed land their frogs in the.rooms their.kings their

*JPS 1917:* Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings.

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[Psalms 78:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.45/)

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יְשַׁלַּ֬ח בָּהֶ֣ם עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.sent among them a.swarm.of.flies and it devoured.them and frog\[s\] and it ruined.them

*JPS 1917:* He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

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