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title: צִרְעָה — hornets · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִרְעָה (6880), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: hornets. BDB 1906: n.f.coll. hornets. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִרְעָה

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«צִרְעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hornets** — 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:** 6880 · **BDB:** צִרְעָה

### Glosses

hornet (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hornets [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6880/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.coll. hornets [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6880/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.coll. hornets (? as wounding, prostrating; NH = BH);—allies of Isr.;—הַצּ׳ Ex 23:28; Jos 24:12 (both E), Dt 7:20.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִרְעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6880/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 7:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.20/)

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וְגַם֙ אֶת־הַצִּרְעָ֔ה יְשַׁלַּ֛ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בָּ֑ם עַד־אֲבֹ֗ד הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֛ים וְהַנִּסְתָּרִ֖ים מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and also (et) the hornet he.will.send Yahweh God your among them until perish \[those who\].remain and \[those who\].hide.themselves from before you

*JPS 1917:* Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and they that hide themselves, perish from before thee.

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[Exodus 23:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.28/)

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וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥י אֶת־הַצִּרְעָ֖ה לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וְגֵרְשָׁ֗ה אֶת־הַחִוִּ֧י אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י וְאֶת־הַחִתִּ֖י מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.send (et) the hornet before you and it.will.drive.out (et) the Hivite\[s\] (et) the Canaanite\[s\] and (et) the Hittite\[s\] from before face you

*JPS 1917:* And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

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