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title: צָרַב — burn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָרַב (6866), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: burn. BDB 1906: vb. burn, scorch. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָרַב

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«צָרַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burn** — 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:** 6866 · **BDB:** צָרַב

### Glosses

they.will.be.scorched (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6866/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. burn, scorch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6866/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. burn, scorch (Assyrian ṣarâbu, burn; FräZA iii. 52 BAES 32 cp. Arabic ضَرِمَ be kindled, blaze; cf. also זרב);— Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְנִצְרְבוּ Ez 21:3 all faces shall be scorched.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָרַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6866/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 21:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.3/)

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וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לְיַ֣עַר הַנֶּ֔גֶב שְׁמַ֖ע דְּבַר־יְהוָ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֡ה הִנְנִ֣י מַֽצִּית־בְּךָ֣ ׀ אֵ֡שׁ וְאָכְלָ֣ה בְךָ֣ כָל־עֵֽץ־לַח֩ וְכָל־עֵ֨ץ יָבֵ֤שׁ לֹֽא־תִכְבֶּה֙ לַהֶ֣בֶת שַׁלְהֶ֔בֶת וְנִצְרְבוּ־בָ֥הּ כָּל־פָּנִ֖ים מִנֶּ֥גֶב צָפֽוֹנָה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.say to the.forest of the.south hear the.word of.Yahweh thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh here I \[am\].about.to.kindle in you a.fire and it.will.consume in you every tree moist and every tree dry not it.will.be.extinguished \[the\].flame of.flame and they.will.be.scorched by it all faces from.\[the\] south north to.\[the\]

*JPS 1917:* and say to the forest of the South: Hear the word of the LORD: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree, it shall not be quenched, even a flaming flame; and all faces from the south to the north shall be seared thereby.

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