Tsaiph צָעִיף
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| צָעִיף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsaiph |
| Strong's number | H6809 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | shawl |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
Tsaiph (Hebrew צָעִיף, Strong's H6809) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “shawl”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
wrapper, shawl, veil
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | vail (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | her veil (2), veil (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsaiph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 24:65For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
- Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
- Genesis 38:19And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).