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צַפַּחַת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6835

jar — used 7 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

jar tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צַפַּ֫חַת: n.f. jar, jug tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. jar, jug, of flat or broad shape;—abs. צַפּ֑חַתּ 1 K 17:12; cstr. צַפַּחַת 1 S 26:11 +;—jar or jug for water 1 S 26:11, 12, 16; 1 K 19:6; for oil 1 K 17:12, 14, 16 (on masc. verb חָסֵר v. Ew§ 317 c, but prob. read חָסֵ֑רָה SS AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 89, cf. v 14).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the jug (5); a jug (1); jug (1).

In the verses

1 Kings 17:16 · tree →

כַּ֤ד הַקֶּ֙מַח֙ לֹ֣א כָלָ֔תָה וְצַפַּ֥חַת הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן לֹ֣א חָסֵ֑ר כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּיַ֥ד אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃פ

Word for word: the.jar of.(the) flour not it.was.at.an.end and the.jug of.(the) oil not it.was.lacking according to.the.word of.Yahweh which he.spoke by the.hand of.Elijah

JPS 1917: The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah.

1 Kings 19:6 · tree →

וַיַּבֵּ֕ט וְהִנֵּ֧ה מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו עֻגַ֥ת רְצָפִ֖ים וְצַפַּ֣חַת מָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ וַיָּ֖שָׁב וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃

Word for word: and he.looked and there! place.of.his.head [was].the a.bread.cake of.hot.coals and a.jug of.water and he.ate and he.drank and he.returned and he.lay.down

JPS 1917: And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

On Mova

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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