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

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«צור» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fashion** — 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:צור · **BDB:** צוּר³

### Glosses

he.fashioned (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fashion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5d5_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. fashion, delineate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5d5_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. fashion, delineate (NH id.; so Aramaic צוּר, ܨܘܪ, ܨܳܪ; ܨܽܘܪܬܳܐ picture, Sab. צור, pl. צורת HomChrest. 125 MordtmHim. Inschr. 14, 15; Arabic صُورَةٌ is loan-word according to Fra272);— Pf. 2 ms. וְצַרְתָּ֫ Ez 43:11 (for MT צוּרַת) according to 𝔊 We Sm Co Toy Berthol Krae, and thou shalt delineate the house (cf. הַגֵּד v 10, הוֹדַע וּכְתֹב v 11); Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּ֫צַר אֹתוֹ בַּחֶרֶט Ex 32:4 (E) and fashioned it \[the gold\] with a graving-tool; וַיָּ֫צַר אֶת־שְׁנֵי הָעַמּוּדִים 1 K 7:15 (+ acc. mater.), read וַיִּצֹּק (יצק), so 𝔊 SS Kit Benz cf. Th; 1 s. sf. אצורך Je 1:5 Kt, v. יצר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (31 candidates); OSHB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (27 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צור» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5d5_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 32:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.4/)

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח מִיָּדָ֗ם וַיָּ֤צַר אֹתוֹ֙ בַּחֶ֔רֶט וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ עֵ֣גֶל מַסֵּכָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵ֤לֶּה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶעֱל֖וּךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.took.\[them\] from hand their and he.fashioned it with (the) tool and he made.it a.calf of.molten.metal and they.said these gods \[are\].your O.Israel who they brought.you.up from the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said: 'This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

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