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title: צְרוֹר — pebble · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְרוֹר (lemma:צְרוֹר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: pebble. BDB 1906: n.m. pebble. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְרוֹר

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«צְרוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pebble** — 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:** lemma:צְרוֹר · **BDB:** צְרוֹר²

### Glosses

a.pebble (2); of.Zeror (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pebble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e8_5d5_5b9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pebble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e8_5d5_5b9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. pebble;—צ׳ 2 S 17:13; also Am 9:9 (where perhaps fig. for grain of wheat, in metaph. of winnowed Isr., cf. Dr Now al.; \> pebble retained in sieve PreuschenZAW xv (1895), 24, cf. on custom WetzstZPV xiv (1891), 2 f.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְרוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e8_5d5_5b9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.1/)

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וַֽיְהִי־אִ֣ישׁ מִבִּנְיָמִ֗יןוּ֠שְׁמוֹ קִ֣ישׁ בֶּן־אֲבִיאֵ֞ל בֶּן־צְר֧וֹר בֶּן־בְּכוֹרַ֛ת בֶּן־אֲפִ֖יחַ בֶּן־אִ֣ישׁ יְמִינִ֑י גִּבּ֖וֹר חָֽיִל׃

*Word for word:* and he.was a.man from Benjamin and name his \[was\].Kish the.son of.Abiel the.son of.Zeror the.son of.Becorath the.son of.Aphiah a.son of.a.man a.Jaminite a.mighty.\[man\] of.wealth

*JPS 1917:* Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valour.

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[Amos 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.9.9/)

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כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ מְצַוֶּ֔ה וַהֲנִע֥וֹתִי בְכָֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֶת־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר יִנּ֙וֹעַ֙ בַּכְּבָרָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יִפּ֥וֹל צְר֖וֹר אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) here! I \[am\].about.to.command and I.will.shake among all the nations (et) the.house of.Israel just as it.is.shaken in (the) sieve and not it.will.fall a.pebble \[the\].ground

*JPS 1917:* For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

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