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title: צְפַת — Zephath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְפַת (6857), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Zephath. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְפַת

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«צְפַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zephath** — 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:** 6857 · **BDB:** צְפַ֑ת

### Glosses

Zephath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zephath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6857/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6857/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Σεφεκ\[ρ\]: Canaanite city Ju 1:17 = חָרְמָה q.v.; identif. by many (v. especially Palmer Desert of Exod. 374 ff.) with Sebaita (c. Lat. 30° 54ˊ N., Long. 34° 40ˊ E.), by RobBR ii. 181 with pass eṣ-Ṣŭfâh, further E.; against both v. GFM

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְפַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6857/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.17/)

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וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ יְהוּדָה֙ אֶת־שִׁמְע֣וֹן אָחִ֔יו וַיַּכּ֕וּ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב צְפַ֑ת וַיַּחֲרִ֣ימוּ אוֹתָ֔הּ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר חָרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Judah with Simeon brother his and they.attacked (et) the Canaanite\[s\] \[who.was\].dwelling Zephath and they.totally.destroyed it and he.called (et) the.name of the.city Hormah

*JPS 1917:* And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

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