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# צֹאִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6674

**filthy** — 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

filthy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6674/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צֹאִי: adj. filthy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6674/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. filthy;—pl. צוֹאִים Zc 3:3, צֹאִים v 4 (both of garments).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Zechariah 3:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.3.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.3.3/#tree)

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֕עַ הָיָ֥ה לָבֻ֖שׁ בְּגָדִ֣ים צוֹאִ֑ים וְעֹמֵ֖ד לִפְנֵ֥י הַמַּלְאָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and Joshua he.was clothed garments filthy and \[he.was\].standing before the angel

*JPS 1917:* Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

[Zechariah 3:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.3.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.3.4/#tree)

וַיַּ֣עַן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל־הָעֹמְדִ֤יםלְפָנָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָסִ֛ירוּ הַבְּגָדִ֥ים הַצֹּאִ֖ים מֵעָלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו רְאֵ֨ה הֶעֱבַ֤רְתִּי מֵעָלֶ֙יךָ֙ עֲוֺנֶ֔ךָ וְהַלְבֵּ֥שׁ אֹתְךָ֖ מַחֲלָצֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered and he.said to \[those who.were\].standing before him (cmp) remove the garments (the) filthy from on him and he.said to him see I.have.taken.away from on you iniquity your and I.will.clothe you fine.robes

*JPS 1917:* And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying: 'Take the filthy garments from off him.' And unto him he said: 'Behold, I cause thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with robes.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6674.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6674/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).