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title: צֹר — knives of flint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֹר (6864), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: knives of flint. BDB 1906: id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֹר

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«צֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **knives of flint** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6864 · **BDB:** צֹר²

### Glosses

a.flint (1); than.flint (1); the.flint (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knives of flint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6864/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6864/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] id.;—צ׳ used as knife Ex 4:25; in comp., כְּשָׁמִיר חָזָק מִצּ׳ Ez 3:9; pl. חַרְבוֹת צֻרִים Jos 5:2, 3 knives of flint.—צוּר חַרְבּוֹ ψ 89:44 is dub., צ׳ usually taken as = צֹר, and then either flint of his sword (i.e. sword sharp as flint, Bae), or edge (like flint) of his sword (most); We leaves untransl. 2 S 2:16 חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים v. i. חֶלְקָה.—Jb 22:24 v. i. צוּר sub V. צור. i. צֹר v. p. 862.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (31 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (27 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6864/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.44/)

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אַף־תָּ֭שִׁיב צ֣וּר חַרְבּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א הֲ֝קֵימֹת֗וֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* also you.turn.back the.flint his.sword his and not you have.raised.him.up in (the) battle

*JPS 1917:* Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

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[Ezekiel 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.3.9/)

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כְּשָׁמִ֛יר חָזָ֥ק מִצֹּ֖ר נָתַ֣תִּי מִצְחֶ֑ךָ לֹֽא־תִירָ֤א אוֹתָם֙ וְלֹא־תֵחַ֣ת מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֛י בֵּֽית־מְרִ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃פ

*Word for word:* like diamond hard more than.flint I.make forehead your not you.must.fear them and not you.must.be.dismayed from faces their (dm) \[are\].a.house of.rebellion they

*JPS 1917:* As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead; fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.'

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