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title: צְבִי — gazelle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְבִי (lemma:צְבִי), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: gazelle. BDB 1906: n.m. gazelle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְבִי

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«צְבִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gazelle** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** lemma:צְבִי · **BDB:** צְבִי²

### Glosses

gazelle (7); a.gazelle (3); the.gazelles (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gazelle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5b4_5d9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. gazelle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5b4_5d9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.Is 13:14 gazelle;—צ׳ abs. Dt 12:15 +; pl. צְבָיִם 2 S 2:18, צְבָאיִם 1 Ch 12:9 (Gi Baer; van d. H. v 8), צְבָאוֹת Ct 2:7; 3:5;—gazelle, allowed as food Dt 14:5, cf. 12:15, 22 (although not for sacrif., Dr; all + אַיָּל), so 15:22 (+ אַיָּל, יַחְמוּר, etc.), v. 1 K 5:3; sim. of swiftness 2 S 2:18; 1 Ch 12:9; v. supr., Pr 6:5; of grace and beauty Ct 2:9, 17; 8:14 (cf. JacobArab. Dichter iv. 20 f.); hence used in adjuration 2:7; 3:5 (+ אילות); צ׳ מֻדָּח Is 13:14, sim. of fugitives.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְבִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5b4_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.5/)

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הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃פ

*Word for word:* deliver.yourself like a.gazelle from a.hand and like a.bird from.\[the\] hand of.a.fowler

*JPS 1917:* Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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[Deuteronomy 14:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.5/)

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אַיָּ֥ל וּצְבִ֖י וְיַחְמ֑וּר וְאַקּ֥וֹ וְדִישֹׁ֖ן וּתְא֥וֹ וָזָֽמֶר׃

*Word for word:* a.deer and a.gazelle and a.roe-deer and a.wild.goat and an.ibex and an.antelope and a.mountain.sheep

*JPS 1917:* the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.

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