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title: צָרְפַת — Zarephath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָרְפַת (6886), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Zarephath. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָרְפַת

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«צָרְפַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zarephath** — 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:** 6886 · **BDB:** צָֽרְפַת

### Glosses

to (2); Zarephath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zarephath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6886/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6886/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Σαρεπτα: on coast S. of Sidon (? smelting-place; on strange form cf. LagBN 84; Assyrian Ṣariptu DlPa 284 COT 1 K 17, 9; Egyptian Ḏa-ï̥ra-pu-ti̥ WMMAs. u. Eur. 184);—צ׳ Ob 20; צָֽרְפָ֫תָה 1 K 17:9, 10 (so Gi; -פַ֫תָה van d. H. Baer); mod. Ṣarfend RobBR ii. 474 ff. PietschmPhön. 58 f..

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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 (1 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 «צָרְפַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6886/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 17:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.17.9/)

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ק֣וּם לֵ֤ךְ צָרְפַ֙תָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְצִיד֔וֹן וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ שָׁ֑ם הִנֵּ֨ה צִוִּ֥יתִי שָׁ֛ם אִשָּׁ֥ה אַלְמָנָ֖ה לְכַלְכְּלֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* arise go to Zarephath which \[belongs\].to Sidon and you.will.dwell there here! I.have.commanded there a.woman a.widow to supply you

*JPS 1917:* 'Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.'

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[Obadiah 1:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.20/)

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וְגָלֻ֣ת הַֽחֵל־הַ֠זֶּה לִבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֲשֶֽׁר־כְּנַעֲנִים֙ עַד־צָ֣רְפַ֔ת וְגָלֻ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּסְפָרַ֑ד יִֽרְשׁ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עָרֵ֥י הַנֶּֽגֶב׃

*Word for word:* and the.exile\[s\] of the.fortress (the) this of the.people of.Israel \[that\].which \[is.of.the\].Canaanites to Zarephath and the.exile\[s\] of.Jerusalem who \[are\].in Sepharad they.will.take.possession.of (et) the.cities of the.Negev

*JPS 1917:* And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem, that is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

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