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

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«צָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lizard** — 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:צָב · **BDB:** צָב³

### Glosses

lizard (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lizard [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

lizard [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] lizard, as unclean, Lv 11:29.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «צָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 11:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.29/)

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וְזֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ הַטָּמֵ֔א בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ הַחֹ֥לֶד וְהָעַכְבָּ֖ר וְהַצָּ֥ב לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and this to you \[is\].the unclean among the.swarming thing\[s\] \[which\] swarms on the earth the weasel and the mouse and the.great lizard to kind its

*JPS 1917:* And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds,

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