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title: נָצַץ — bloom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָצַץ (lemma:נָצַץ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bloom. BDB 1906: vb. denom. bloom, blossom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָצַץ

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«נָצַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bloom** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:נָצַץ · **BDB:** נָצַץ²

### Glosses

had.they.bloomed? (1); they.have.bloomed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bloom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e6_5b7_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. bloom, blossom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e6_5b7_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. bloom, blossom (NH id.; Jewish-Aramaic נְצַץ id.);— Pf. 3 pl. הֵנֵ֫צוּ Ct 6:11 (no dagh., v. Köi. 381 Ges§ 67, 8, R. 11) the pomegranates have put forth blossoms, so 7:13; Impf. 3 ms. יָנֵאץ Ec 12:5 the almond-tree wears blossoms.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 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 «נָצַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e6_5b7_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.11/)

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אֶל־גִּנַּ֤ת אֱגוֹז֙ יָרַ֔דְתִּי לִרְא֖וֹת בְּאִבֵּ֣י הַנָּ֑חַל לִרְאוֹת֙ הֲפָֽרְחָ֣ה הַגֶּ֔פֶן הֵנֵ֖צוּ הָרִמֹּנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* to a.garden of.nut\[s\] I.went.down to look on the.green.shoots of the.wadi to see had it.budded? the vine had.they.bloomed? the pomegranates

*JPS 1917:* I went down into the garden of nuts, to look at the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.

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[Song of Songs 7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.13/)

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נַשְׁכִּ֙ימָה֙ לַכְּרָמִ֔ים נִרְאֶ֞ה אִם פָּֽרְחָ֤ה הַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ פִּתַּ֣ח הַסְּמָדַ֔ר הֵנֵ֖צוּ הָרִמּוֹנִ֑ים שָׁ֛ם אֶתֵּ֥ן אֶת־דֹּדַ֖י לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* let.us.rise.early to the vineyards let.us.see if it.has.budded the vine it.has.opened the blossom they.have.bloomed the pomegranates there I.will.give (et) love(s) my to you

*JPS 1917:* Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see whether the vine hath budded, whether the vine-blossom be opened, and the pomegranates be in flower; there will I give thee my love.

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