(
Kt
צפינך
,
v.
צפין
),
Jb 20:26
(on
dub.
text
v. B
u);
pl.
of
י׳
’s
treasured ones
, his saints
ψ 83:4
.
2.
intrans.
lie hid, lurk
,
abs.
ψ 56:7
,
c.
ל
pers.
Pr 1:1
1,
18
and (of eyes of wicked)
ψ 10:8
.
Niph.
Pf.
3
ms.
נִצְפַּן
Je 16:17
be hidden
from before (
מִנֶּגֶד
)
י׳
’s eyes (
||
נִסְתְּרוּ
); 3
pl.
נִצְפְּנוּ
Jb 24:1
+
מִשַּׁדַּי
stored up on the part of Shadday; stored up
for (
ל
) one
15:20
.
Hiph.
hide
,
=
Qal
:
Impf.
2
ms. sf.
תַּצְפִּנֵנִי
Jb 14:1
3,
c.
ב
loc
.; 3
mpl.
יצפינו
ψ 56:7
Kt
(but
< Qr v.
Qal
);
Inf. cstr. sf.
הַצְּפִינֹו
(
Ges
§ 20 h)
Ex 2:3
to hide him
.
• [ צָפִין S 6840, 6849 TWOT 1953a GK 7615, 7617 ] n. [ m. ] treasure ;— sf. צְפִינְךָ ψ 17:14 Kt < צְפוּנְךָ Q r, v. צפן pt. pass.
I . צָפֹון S 6828, 6829 TWOT 1953b GK 7600, 7601153 n.f. Is 43:6 north ( as the hidden, dark; cf. Thes Lewy Fremdw. 188 f.; perhaps Ph. צפל north ) ;— abs. צ׳ Je 26:26 +, צָפֹ˜נָה northward Gn 13:14 +, oftener צָפֹ˜ונָה Je 3:12 +, also
צָפֹ˜ונָה = צָפֹון Je 1:13 + (after preps. and st. cstr .; cf. Ges § 90 e); cstr.
מִצְּפֹון לְ Jos 8:11 +, also מִצְּפֹון 19:14 Gi ( cf. Ben n; van d. H. Baer
מִצָּ׳
),
מִצְּפֹ˜ונָה לְ
Ju 21:1
9; (
צ׳
occurs oftenest in Ez [46 times], Jos [25 times], Je [25 times], Dn [9 times]);—
north
(
opp.
S., E., W.)
Gn 13:14
;
28:14
(both
J
),
Ex 27:11
(
P
),
+
;
פְּאַת צ׳
north side
Ex 26:20 Jos 15:5
+
(
v.
פֵּאָה
); so
צֶלַע צ׳
Ex 26:3
5,
רוּחַ הַצּ׳
Ez 42:1
7,
cf.
עַל־יֶרֶךְ הַמִּזְבֵּחֵ צָפֹ˜ונָה
2 K 16:1
4;
גְּבוּל צ׳
Nu 34:
7,
9
north boundary;
יַרְכְּתֵי צ׳
remote parts of north
Is 14:13
(as divine abode),
Ez 38:6
,
15
+
(
v.
[
יַרְכָה
]);
שַׁעַר הַצּ׳
Ez 40:35
+,
פֶּתַח צ׳
42:
2;
רוּחַ צ׳
Pr 25:23
north wind
, and so
צ׳
alone
Ct 4:16
;
toward the north
is
צָפֹ˜ונָה
Jos 13:3
+
(
v.
also
supr.
), and
אֶל־צָפֹון
Ec 1:
6,
אֶל־הַצּ׳
Ez 42:
1,
אֶל־הַצָּפֹ˜ונָה
8:1
4,
לַצָּפֹון
40:2
3,
דֶּרֶךְ הַצָּפֹון
v
2
0,
ד׳ צָפֹ˜ונָה
8:5
(×2)
+, etc.; especially (in Je Ez etc.) of quarter whence invaders were to come, e.g. Assyrian
Is 14:31
,
cf.
Zp 2:1
3, Babylonians
Je 6:1
,
22
;
15:12
;
46:20
,
24
(
עַם־צ׳
),
47:2
,
Ez 26:7
, Cyrus against
Bab.
Is 41:2
5,
cf.
Je 50:
3,
9
,
41
;
51:48
; more vaguely,
Je 1:14
,
15
(
מַמְלְכֹות צ׳
),
4:6
;
10:22
;
13:20
;
25:9
,
26
(
מַלְכֵי הַצּ׳
); of Gog’s host
intrans.
intransitive.
<
indicates that the following is to be preferred to the preceding.
Lewy
H. Lewy,
Semitische Fremdwörter im Griechischen
.
st.
status,
state, stative.
Gi C.D. Gindsburg. Benn W. H. Bennett. Bab. Babylonian.