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

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«זָרַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sneeze** — 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:** lemma:זָרַר · **BDB:** זָרַר

### Glosses

he.sneezed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sneeze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5e8_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sneeze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5e8_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only sneeze (cf. זְרִירוֹ(ה)י 𝔗 Jb 41:10 for Heb. עֲטִישֹׁתָיו; vb. prob. onomatop.);—וַיְזוֹרֵר הַנַּעַר עד שׁבע פעמים 2 K 4:35. וַיְזוֹרֵר 2 K 4:35 om. 𝔊 Gr Bur think MT arose (by dittogr.) from וַיִּגְהַר עַל־הַנַּעַר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «זָרַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5e8_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 4:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.35/)

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וַיָּ֜שָׁב וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ בַּבַּ֗יִת אַחַ֥ת הֵ֙נָּה֙ וְאַחַ֣ת הֵ֔נָּה וַיַּ֖עַל וַיִּגְהַ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וַיְזוֹרֵ֤ר הַנַּ֙עַר֙ עַד־שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֔ים וַיִּפְקַ֥ח הַנַּ֖עַר אֶת־עֵינָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.back and he.walked in the house one.\[time\] hither and one.\[time\] hither and he.went.up and he.bent.down over him and he.sneezed the lad until seven times and he.opened the lad (et) eyes his

*JPS 1917:* Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him; and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

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