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

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«צָנוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **modest** — 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:צָנוּעַ · **BDB:** צָנוּעַ

### Glosses

modest.\[people\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

modest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e2_5b7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. modest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e2_5b7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. modest (on format. cf. BaBN § 31 d);—pl. צְנוּעִים Pr 11:2 (v. Toy; opp. זָדוֹן).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָנוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e2_5b7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.2/)

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בָּֽא־זָ֭דוֹן וַיָּבֹ֣א קָל֑וֹן וְֽאֶת־צְנוּעִ֥ים חָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.comes presumption and it.came shame and.\[is\] with modest.\[people\] wisdom

*JPS 1917:* When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.

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