צֳרִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6875

balsam — used 6 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

balsam tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צֳרִי: balsam tree →

The whole BDB entry

(Gn 37:25) (וּ)צְרִי, צֹ֑רִי Ez 27:17 n.[m.] a kind of balsam, as merchandise Gn 37:25 (J), gift Gn 43:11 (J), medicament Je 8:22; 46:11; 51:8 (for national disaster, in fig.);—ThDyer-M’Lean in Ency. Bib.Balm think a resin, like (not necess. =) gum of mastic-tree, pistacia lentiscus (otherwise PostHastings DB).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (31 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (27 candidates)

Glosses

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

In the verses

Jeremiah 51:8 · tree →

פִּתְאֹ֛ם נָפְלָ֥ה בָבֶ֖ל וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֑ר הֵילִ֣ילוּ עָלֶ֗יהָ קְח֤וּ צֳרִי֙ לְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּ אוּלַ֖י תֵּרָפֵֽא׃

Word for word: suddenly it.will.fall Babylon and it.was.broken wail on it get balm for pain its perhaps it.will.be.healed

JPS 1917: Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

Jeremiah 8:22 · tree →

הַצֳרִי֙ אֵ֣ין בְּגִלְעָ֔ד אִם־רֹפֵ֖א אֵ֣ין שָׁ֑ם כִּ֗י מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א עָֽלְתָ֔ה אֲרֻכַ֖ת בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃

Word for word: ? balm [is].there.not in Gilead or? a.physician [is].there.not there (dm) why? not has.it.come.up the.healing of.the.daughter my.people my

JPS 1917: Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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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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