צֵן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6791

thorn — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

thorn tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צֵן²: 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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: thorns (2); barbs (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 22:5 · tree →

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 · tree →

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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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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