צוּף

«צוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: comb — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 2 times · Key: 6688 · BDB: צוּף²

Glosses

[are].a.honeycomb (1); of.honeycombs (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

comb tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. comb tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. (honey-)comb (as exuding honey);—only fig.: cstr. צוּף־דְּבַשׁ Pr 16:24; pl. נֹפֶת צוּפִים ψ 19:11 (+ דְּבַשׁ), 𝔊 κηρίον, κηρία, 𝔙 favus.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «צוּף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 16:24

צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם׃

Word for word: [are].a.honeycomb of.honey words of.kindness a.sweet.[thing] to the soul and healing to the bone[s]

JPS 1917: Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Psalms 19:11

הַֽנֶּחֱמָדִ֗ים מִ֭זָּהָב וּמִפַּ֣ז רָ֑ב וּמְתוּקִ֥ים מִ֝דְּבַ֗שׁ וְנֹ֣פֶת צוּפִֽים׃

Word for word: (the) desirable more than.gold and more than.pure.gold much and sweet more than.honey and.[the] honey of.honeycombs

JPS 1917: More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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