צְבַע
tsᵉbaʻ · H6647 · Aramaic · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to be wet
Process by which humans are partially or fully covered with water, as a result of rain or dew
ExamplesDaniel 4:15 “Yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, But with a band of iron and bronze around it In the new grass of the field; And let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, And let him share with the animals in the grass of the earth.
Daniel 4:23 ‘And in that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him share with the animals of the field until seven periods of time pass over him,”
Daniel 4:33 “Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- גֶּשֶׁםbody 2
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- מִןfrom+ טַלdew 3
- בin/on/with+ טַלdew 2
- לto/for+ ךָּyou 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֲמַרto say 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh · H3001 · to dry up, to (cause to) dry up
- Hebrew verb meaning to be dry or to dry up, the direct lexical opposite of being wet. Wet vs. dry is a fundamental semantic opposition.
In the other Testament 2 words
- βρέχω bréchō · G1026 · rain, to rain, to send rain
- Greek verb for wetting or moistening, the natural translation equivalent for the Aramaic verb צְבַע (tsᵉbaʻ, H6647) meaning 'to wet' as used in Daniel 4-5 where Nebuchadnezzar is wet with dew.
- ὑγρός hygrós · G5200 · wet, moist, green (in reference to wood)
- Greek adjective meaning wet or moist, a direct adjectival equivalent for the concept of wetness expressed by צְבַע.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Wet002001001071
- Daniel 5:21 recounts that Nebuchadnezzar “was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of animals, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind.”
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6647. tseba I. [צְבַע] verb dip, wet (ᵑ7 Syriac; compare Biblical Hebrew I. צבע); —…
I. [צְבַע] verb dip, wet (ᵑ7 Syriac; compare Biblical Hebrew I. צבע); —
Pa`el Participle active plural מְצַבְּעִין Dan 4:22 wet thee (ל), + מִטַּל.
Hithpa. Imperfect יִצְטַבּע (also בַּ֑ע-), be wet, with בְּטַל Dan 4:12; Dan 4:20, מִטַּל Dan 4:30; Dan 5:21.
II. צבע (√ of following; compare Biblical Hebrew II. צבע).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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