--- title: צָרַף — smelt · The Tanakh dictionary description: צָרַף (6884), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: smelt. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6884.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-3.md)‎ / צָרַף‎ # צָרַף «צָרַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **smelt** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 33 times · **Key:** 6884 · **BDB:** צָרַף ### Glosses \[is\].refined (4); a.metalsmith (3); metalsmith (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) smelt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6884/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6884/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. smelt, refine, test (NH id.; Ph. מצרף smelter: Assyrian ṣurrupu, refined, ṣarpu, silver, naṣraptu, crucible; Arabic صِرْفٌ is pure, unmixed (especially of wine);\* very doubtful is Sab. צדף silver, money, cf. MordtmHim. Inschr. pp. 14, 29 CIS iv, No. 291, l. 1);— Pf. 3 ms. צ׳ Je 6:29, sf. צְרָפָ֑תְהוּ ψ 105:19; 2 ms. sf. צְרַפְתָּנִי ψ 17:3, etc.; Impf. 1 s. אֶצְרֹף Is 1:25, sf. אֶצְרְפֶנּוּ Ju 7:4; Imv. ms. צרופה ψ 26:2 Kt, צָרְפָה Qr; Inf. abs. צָרוֹף Je 6:29; cstr. לִצְרוֹף Dn 11:35, etc.; Pt. act. sf. צוֹרְפָם Je 9:6, etc.; pass. צָרוּף ψ 12:7, etc.;— smelt, refine: Je 6:29(×2) in vain hath he smelted continually (inf. abs.; fig. of purifying people); so smelt away Is 1:25 (acc. of dross; fig.); of silver Zc 13:9 ψ 66:10, כֶּסֶף צָרוּף בַּעֲלִיל 12:7 (all sim.); of אִמְרַת י׳ ψ 18:31 = 2 S 22:31, ψ 119:140 Pr 30:5 (אִמְרַת אֱלוֹהַּ); refine (men, by trials) Dn 11:35 (+ לְבָרֵר, לַלְבֵּן). test Ju 7:4 I will test them (the warriors) for thee (י׳ subj.);—perhaps also v 3 (v. I. צפר); more gen., of י׳’s testing, trying (the hearts of) men (often ‖ בָּחַן) Je 9:6; Is 48:10; Zc 13:9 ψ 17:3; 26:2; 66:10. test (\& prove true) a man (subj. י׳’s saying) ψ 105:19. Pt. act. as n. smelter, refiner, hence = goldsmith Ju 17:4; Je 10:9, 14; 51:17; Is 40:19(×2) (but perhaps del. vb, cf. Du Che Marti), 41:7; 46:6 Pr 25:4; as a guild Ne 3:8, 32. Impf. 3 mpl. יִצָּֽרְפוּ Dn 12:10 many shall be refined (by suffering; + יִתְבָּֽרְרוּ, יִתְלַבְּנוּ). Pt. מְצָרֵף as n. a refiner, כְּאֵשׁ מ׳ Mal 3:2 (sim. of י׳), cf. מְ׳ alone v 3 (+ מְטַהֵר כֶּסֶף). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «צָרַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6884/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 66:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.66.10/) כִּֽי־בְחַנְתָּ֥נוּ אֱלֹהִ֑ים צְ֝רַפְתָּ֗נוּ כִּצְרָף־כָּֽסֶף׃ *Word for word:* (dm) you have.tested.us O.God you have.refined.us as refine silver *JPS 1917:* For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined. [Psalms 105:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.19/) עַד־עֵ֥ת בֹּֽא־דְבָר֑וֹ אִמְרַ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה צְרָפָֽתְהוּ׃ *Word for word:* until the.time came word his the.word of.Yahweh it tested.him *JPS 1917:* Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him. - ← previous: [צׇרְעָתִי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e6_5c7_5e8_5b0_5e2_5b8_5ea_5b4_5d9.md) - next →: [צֹרְפִי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6885.md) - ↑ back to [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-3.md)