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title: צִקְלַג — Ziklag · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִקְלַג (6860), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Ziklag. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִקְלַג

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«צִקְלַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ziklag** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 6860 · **BDB:** צִֽקְלַג

### Glosses

Ziklag (15)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ziklag [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6860/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6860/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (1 Ch 12:1, 21 צִיק׳) n.pr.loc. (צִֽקְלָ֑ג 1 S 27:6 a +, צִֽקְלָג֖ 2 S 2:1, צִיקְלָ֔ג 1 Ch 12:1);—assigned to Judah Jos 15:31, to Simeon 19:5; Philistine city given to David 1 S 27:6(×2); 30:1(×3), 14, 26; 2 S 1:1; 4:10; 1 Ch 4:30; 12:1, 21 (van d. H. v 20); Σεκελακ, Σικελαγ, etc.; usually identified with Zuheilikah, 19 miles SW. from Bêt Jibrin, 11 miles ESE. from Gaza (cf. BuhlGeogr. 185).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִקְלַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6860/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.31/)

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וְצִֽקְלַ֥ג וּמַדְמַנָּ֖ה וְסַנְסַנָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah

*JPS 1917:* and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah;

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[1 Chronicles 4:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.30/)

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וּבִבְתוּאֵ֥ל וּבְחָרְמָ֖ה וּבְצִֽיקְלָֽג׃

*Word for word:* and in Bethuel and in Hormah and in Ziklag

*JPS 1917:* and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag;

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