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

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«צָרָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burning** — 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:צָרָב · **BDB:** צָרָב

### Glosses

scorching (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. burning, scorching [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. burning, scorching (= \*צַדָּב Thes al.);—כְּאֵשׁ צָרָ֑בֶת Pr 16:27 (sim. of words).

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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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָרָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.27/)

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אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה וְעַל־שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹ כְּאֵ֣שׁ צָרָֽבֶת׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.worthlessness \[is\].digging.up evil and.\[is\] on lip his like a.fire scorching

*JPS 1917:* An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

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