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# צִיר

Biblical Hebrew

**envoy** — used 11 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

envoy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צִיר²: n.m. envoy, messenger [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 25:13 envoy, messenger;—צ׳ abs. Je 49:14 +, cstr. Pr 13:17; pl. צִירִים Is 18:2; sf. צִרַיִךְ 57:9;—envoy, from Cush Is 18:2, from apostate Isr. 57:9; from י׳ Je 49:14 = Ob 1; messenger in gen. צִיר אֱמוּנִים Pr 13:17, צ׳ נֶאֱמָן 25:13.—i. צִיר v. IV. צור.

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: pangs (5); an envoy (4); envoys (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 13:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.17/#tree)

מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.messenger wicked he.falls in trouble and an.envoy of.faithfulness(es) \[is\].healing

*JPS 1917:* A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

[Proverbs 25:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.13/#tree)

כְּצִנַּת־שֶׁ֨לֶג ׀ בְּי֬וֹם קָצִ֗יר צִ֣יר נֶ֭אֱמָן לְשֹׁלְחָ֑יו וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ אֲדֹנָ֣יו יָשִֽׁיב׃פ

*Word for word:* \[is\].like.\[the\] cold of.snow on a.day of.harvest an.envoy faithful to \[those who\].sent.him and the.life his.masters his he.will.restore

*JPS 1917:* As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sendeth him; for he refresheth the soul of his master.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d9_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d9_5e8/): 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).