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צְפוֹנִי

«צְפוֹנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: northern — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 6830 · BDB: צְפוֹנִי²

Glosses

northerner[s] (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

northern tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. northern northern one, northerner tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. from foregoing, northern (so most);—c. art. as n. m. northern one, northerner, invader from north Jo 2:20 (of locust-swarm, cf. We Now Dr, GASmProph. ii. 397).—i. צְפוֹנִי v. צִפְיוֹן sub I. צפה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «צְפוֹנִי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Joel 2:20

וְֽאֶת־הַצְּפוֹנִ֞י אַרְחִ֣יק מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֗ם וְהִדַּחְתִּיו֮ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֣ה וּשְׁמָמָה֒ אֶת־פָּנָ֗יו אֶל־הַיָּם֙ הַקַּדְמֹנִ֔י וְסֹפ֖וֹ אֶל־הַיָּ֣ם הָאַֽחֲר֑וֹן וְעָלָ֣ה בָאְשׁ֗וֹ וְתַ֙עַל֙ צַחֲנָת֔וֹ כִּ֥י הִגְדִּ֖יל לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃

Word for word: and (et) the northerner[s] I.will.remove.far.away from with you and I will.drive.it.away into a.land of.dryness and desolation (et) face its into the sea (the) eastern and end its into the sea (the) western and it.will.go.up stench its and it.will.go.up smell its.foul (dm) he.has.made.great to do

JPS 1917: But I will remove far off from you the northern one, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the eastern sea, and his hinder part toward the western sea; that his foulness may come up, and his ill savour may come up, because he hath done great things.'

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