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# צֵלָע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6763

**rib** — used 40 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

rib [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6763/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צֵלָע: n.f. rib, side [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6763/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.(m. 1 K 6:34, and appar. Ex 26:26) rib, side;—abs. צ׳ Gn 2:22 +, cstr. צֶ֫לַע Ex 26:26 +, also צֵ֫לַע 2 S 16:13; sf. צַלְעוֹ Ex 25:12 +; pl. צְלָעִים 1 K 6:34, צְלָעוֹת v 3 +; cstr. צַלְעֹת Ez 41:26 +; sf. צַלְעֹתָיו Gn 2:21 +;— rib of man Gn 2:21, 22 (J). rib of hill, i.e. ridge, or terrace 2 S 16:13. side-chambers or cells (enclosing temple like ribs) 1 K 6:5, 6 (read הַצּ׳ for היצוע, v. \[יָצִיעַ\]), 7:3, so of Ezek.’s temple Ez 41:5 + 10 times 41 (on text v. Co Toy Krae). ribs of cedar and fir, i.e. planks, boards (pl.), of temple wall 1 K 6:15, 16, floor v 15. leaves of door v 34. (in P) side, of ark (אֲרוֹן) Ex 25:12(×2), 14 = 37:3(×2), 5; of tabern. (מִשְׁכָּן) 26:20 (‖ פֵּאָה v 18), v 26, 27(×2) = 36:25 (‖ פ׳ v 23), v 31, 32, 26:35(×2); of altar 27:7 = 38:7, 30:4 = 37:27.—Je 20:10; Jb 18:12 v. צֶלַע sub II. צלע.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of the side (5); side-chambers (5); side (4).

## In the verses

[Exodus 26:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.20/#tree)

וּלְצֶ֧לַע הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית לִפְאַ֣ת צָפ֑וֹן עֶשְׂרִ֖ים קָֽרֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and for the.side of the.tabernacle (the) second \[will belong\].to.\[the\].side of.\[the\].north twenty frame\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards.

[Exodus 26:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.26/#tree)

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בְרִיחִ֖ם עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים חֲמִשָּׁ֕ה לְקַרְשֵׁ֥י צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן הָאֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make bars wood(s) of.acacia five.\[bars\] \[will belong\].to.the.frames of.the.side of the.tabernacle (the) one

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6763.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6763/): 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).