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

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«צִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **envoy** — 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:צִיר · **BDB:** צִיר²

### Glosses

pangs (5); an.envoy (4); envoys (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

envoy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. envoy, messenger [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 25:13 envoy, messenger;—צ׳ abs. Je 49:14 +, cstr. Pr 13:17; pl. צִירִים Is 18:2; sf. צִרַיִךְ 57:9;—envoy, from Cush Is 18:2, from apostate Isr. 57:9; from י׳ Je 49:14 = Ob 1; messenger in gen. צִיר אֱמוּנִים Pr 13:17, צ׳ נֶאֱמָן 25:13.—i. צִיר v. IV. צור.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (31 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (27 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 13:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.17/)

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מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.messenger wicked he.falls in trouble and an.envoy of.faithfulness(es) \[is\].healing

*JPS 1917:* A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

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[Proverbs 25:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.13/)

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כְּצִנַּת־שֶׁ֨לֶג ׀ בְּי֬וֹם קָצִ֗יר צִ֣יר נֶ֭אֱמָן לְשֹׁלְחָ֑יו וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ אֲדֹנָ֣יו יָשִֽׁיב׃פ

*Word for word:* \[is\].like.\[the\] cold of.snow on a.day of.harvest an.envoy faithful to \[those who\].sent.him and the.life his.masters his he.will.restore

*JPS 1917:* As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sendeth him; for he refresheth the soul of his master.

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