צוּף
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6688
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
comb tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
צוּף²: 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)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [are] a honeycomb (1); of honeycombs (1).
In the verses
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.
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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