צוּף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6688

comb — used 2 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

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

Proverbs 16:24 · tree →

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.

Psalms 19:11 · tree →

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.

On Mova

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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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