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# צִפֹּרֶן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6856

**nail** — 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

nail [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6856/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צִפֹּ֫רֶן: nail styluspoint [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6856/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] nail (of finger), styluspoint;—cstr. צ׳ Je 17:1; pl. sf. צִפָּרְנֶיהָ Dt 21:12;— finger-nail Dt 21:12 (cf. RSK 178; Sem. i. 407, 2nd ed. 428 WeHeid. 2. 171). transf., בְּצ׳ שָׁמִיר Je 17:1 with a point of diamond (cf. PlinNH 37, 4).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 21:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.21.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.21.12/#tree)

וַהֲבֵאתָ֖הּ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וְגִלְּחָה֙ אֶת־רֹאשָׁ֔הּ וְעָשְׂתָ֖ה אֶת־צִפָּרְנֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and you will.bring.her into the.middle your.house your and she.will.shave (et) head her and she.will.attend.to (et) nails her

*JPS 1917:* then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

[Jeremiah 17:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.1/#tree)

חַטַּ֣את יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּתוּבָ֛ה בְּעֵ֥ט בַּרְזֶ֖ל בְּצִפֹּ֣רֶן שָׁמִ֑יר חֲרוּשָׁה֙ עַל־ל֣וּחַ לִבָּ֔ם וּלְקַרְנ֖וֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.sin of.Judah \[is\].inscribed with a.stylus of.iron with a.point of.diamond \[it.is\].engraved on the.tablet their.heart their and to the.horns your.altars your

*JPS 1917:* The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6856.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6856/): 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).