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title: צֹר — knives of flint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֹר (lemma:צֹר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: knives of flint. BDB 1906: id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֹר

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«צֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **knives of flint** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:צֹר · **BDB:** צֹר²

### Glosses

of.flint(s) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knives of flint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] id.;—צ׳ used as knife Ex 4:25; in comp., כְּשָׁמִיר חָזָק מִצּ׳ Ez 3:9; pl. חַרְבוֹת צֻרִים Jos 5:2, 3 knives of flint.—צוּר חַרְבּוֹ ψ 89:44 is dub., צ׳ usually taken as = צֹר, and then either flint of his sword (i.e. sword sharp as flint, Bae), or edge (like flint) of his sword (most); We leaves untransl. 2 S 2:16 חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים v. i. חֶלְקָה.—Jb 22:24 v. i. צוּר sub V. צור. i. צֹר v. p. 862.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (31 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (27 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.5.3/)

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וַיַּעַשׂ־ל֥וֹ יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ חַֽרְב֣וֹת צֻרִ֑ים וַיָּ֙מָל֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־גִּבְעַ֖ת הָעֲרָלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.made for himself Joshua knives of.flint(s) and he.circumcised (et) the.people of.Israel to the.hill of.(the) foreskins

*JPS 1917:* And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth.

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[Joshua 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.5.2/)

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בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ עֲשֵׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ חַֽרְב֣וֹת צֻרִ֑ים וְשׁ֛וּב מֹ֥ל אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֵׁנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* at the time (the) that he.said Yahweh to Joshua make for yourself knives of.flint(s) and return circumcise (et) the.people of.Israel a.second.\[time\]

*JPS 1917:* At that time the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.'

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