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# צָנַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6800

**be modest** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be modest [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6800/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צָנַע: vb. be modest, humble [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6800/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be modest, humble (perhaps proposes be retired, NH Hiph. keep close, reserve, preserve, so 𝔗 אַצְנַע; צְנִיעַ retiring, modest);— Inf. abs. הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת Mi 6:8 a making humble to walk = shewing a humble walk (with God).

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: to be modest (1).

## In the verses

[Micah 6:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.8/#tree)

הִגִּ֥יד לְךָ֛ אָדָ֖ם מַה־טּ֑וֹב וּמָֽה־יְהוָ֞ה דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ מִמְּךָ֗ כִּ֣י אִם־עֲשׂ֤וֹת מִשְׁפָּט֙ וְאַ֣הֲבַת חֶ֔סֶד וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ לֶ֖כֶת עִם־אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* he.has.told to you O.humankind what? \[is\].good and what? \[is\].Yahweh requiring from you (dm) (if) to.do justice and the.love of.covenant.loyalty and to.be.modest to.walk with God your

*JPS 1917:* It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the LORD doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6800/): 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).