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title: קָצִין — chief · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָצִין (7101), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: chief. BDB 1906: n.m. chief, ruler. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָצִין

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«קָצִין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chief** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 7101 · **BDB:** קָצִין²

### Glosses

O.rulers (3); a.ruler (3); commander (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7101/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. chief, ruler [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7101/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 11:18 chief, ruler (proposes decider, cf. Dr Dn 11:18);—abs. ק׳ Ju 11:6 +; cstr. קְצִין Is 3:7; pl. cstr. קְצִינֵי Is 1:10 +; sf. קְצִינַיִךְ Is 22:3;— chief, commander in war Jos 10:24 (JE), Ju 11:6, 11 (‖ רֹאשׁ), Dn 11:18. dictator, Is 3:6, 7. more gen., ruler, man in authority, Is 1:10; 22:3; Mi 3:1, 9; of ants, אֵין ק׳ Pr 6:7 (+ שֹׁטֵר, מֹשֵׁל).—Pr 25:15 read probably קֶצֶף (Toy).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «קָצִין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7101/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.7/)

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אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃

*Word for word:* which there.\[is\].not for it commander officer and ruler

*JPS 1917:* Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

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[Proverbs 25:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.15/)

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בְּאֹ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם יְפֻתֶּ֣ה קָצִ֑ין וְלָשׁ֥וֹן רַ֝כָּ֗ה תִּשְׁבָּר־גָּֽרֶם׃

*Word for word:* by length of.anger(s) he.will.be.persuaded a.ruler and a.tongue soft it.will.break a.bone

*JPS 1917:* By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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