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title: צִפֹּרֶן — nail · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִפֹּרֶן (6856), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: nail. BDB 1906: nail styluspoint. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִפֹּרֶן

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«צִפֹּרֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **nail** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6856 · **BDB:** צִפֹּ֫רֶן

### Glosses

a.point (1); nails (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

nail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6856/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

nail styluspoint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6856/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] nail (of finger), styluspoint;—cstr. צ׳ Je 17:1; pl. sf. צִפָּרְנֶיהָ Dt 21:12;— finger-nail Dt 21:12 (cf. RSK 178; Sem. i. 407, 2nd ed. 428 WeHeid. 2. 171). transf., בְּצ׳ שָׁמִיר Je 17:1 with a point of diamond (cf. PlinNH 37, 4).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִפֹּרֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6856/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 21:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.21.12/)

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וַהֲבֵאתָ֖הּ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וְגִלְּחָה֙ אֶת־רֹאשָׁ֔הּ וְעָשְׂתָ֖ה אֶת־צִפָּרְנֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and you will.bring.her into the.middle your.house your and she.will.shave (et) head her and she.will.attend.to (et) nails her

*JPS 1917:* then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

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[Jeremiah 17:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.1/)

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חַטַּ֣את יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּתוּבָ֛ה בְּעֵ֥ט בַּרְזֶ֖ל בְּצִפֹּ֣רֶן שָׁמִ֑יר חֲרוּשָׁה֙ עַל־ל֣וּחַ לִבָּ֔ם וּלְקַרְנ֖וֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.sin of.Judah \[is\].inscribed with a.stylus of.iron with a.point of.diamond \[it.is\].engraved on the.tablet their.heart their and to the.horns your.altars your

*JPS 1917:* The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars.

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