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צֵן

«צֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: thorn — 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: 3 times · Key: 6791 · BDB: צֵן²

Glosses

thorns (2); barbs (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

thorn tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

thorn? barb tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] thorn? barb?;—pl. צִנִּים Pr 22:5 (+ פַּחִים); וְאֶל־מִצִּנִּים Jb 5:5 from (behind) thorns (a protecting thorn hedge, so Di), but very dub.; CheJQ July, 1897, 576 del. as doublet of צַמִּים; BevJPhil. xxvl, 305 proposes וְאֹנָם צִנִּים [and as to their wealth, barbs (? barbed spears) take it].

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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 22:5

צִנִּ֣ים פַּ֭חִים בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עִקֵּ֑שׁ שׁוֹמֵ֥ר נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ יִרְחַ֥ק מֵהֶֽם׃

Word for word: thorns snares [are].in.[the] path of.a.perverse.[person] [one.who].guards self his he.will.be.far from them

JPS 1917: Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward; he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

Job 5:5

אֲשֶׁ֤ר קְצִיר֨וֹ ׀ רָ֘עֵ֤ב יֹאכֵ֗ל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּ֥ים יִקָּחֵ֑הוּ וְשָׁאַ֖ף צַמִּ֣ים חֵילָֽם׃

Word for word: who harvest his [the].hungry he.eats and to from thorns he takes.it and it.pants.for a.snare wealth their

JPS 1917: Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

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