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

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«צָפִיעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dung** — 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:צָפִיעַ · **BDB:** צָפִיעַ

### Glosses

the.dung(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dung [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e2_5b7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dung [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e2_5b7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dung of cattle;—pl. cstr. צְפִיעֵי הַבָּקָר Ez 4:15 Qr (opp. גֶּלְלֵי הָאָדָם), so Co Toy al., \> Kt צפועי.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 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 «צָפִיעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e2_5b7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.4.15/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י רְאֵ֗ה נָתַ֤תִּֽי לְךָ֙ אֶת־צְפִיעֵ֣י הַבָּקָ֔ר תַּ֖חַת גֶּלְלֵ֣י הָֽאָדָ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶֽת־לַחְמְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said to me see I.give to you (et) the.dung(s) of.(the) cattle in.place.of the.dung(s) of.(the) humankind and you.will.make (et) bread your on them

*JPS 1917:* Then He said unto me: 'See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.'

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