Lexical Summary tsaphon: north Original Word: צָפוֹןTransliteration: tsaphon Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-fone') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: north Meaning: hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter Strong's Concordance northern side, dark, gloomyOr tsaphon {tsaw-fone'}; from tsaphan; properly, hidden, i.e. Dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) -- north(-ern, side, -ward, wind). see HEBREW tsaphan Brown-Driver-Briggs H6828. tsaphon I. צָפוֺן153 noun feminineIsaiah 43:6 north (as the hidden, dark; compare Thes LewyFremdw. 188 f.; perhaps Phoenician צפל north); — absolute ׳צ Jeremiah 26:26 +, צָפֹ֫נָה northward Genesis 13:14 +, oftener צָפ֫וֺנָה Jeremiah 3:12 +, also צָפ֫וֺנָה = צָפוֺן 1:13 + (after prepositions and stative construct; compare Ges§ 90e); construct לְ מִצְּפוֺן Joshua 8:11 +, also מִצְּפוֺן 19:14 Gi (compare Benn; van d. H. Baer ׳מִצָּ), לְ מִצְּפ֫וֺנָה Judges 21:19; (׳צ occurs oftenest in Ezekiel [46 t.], Joshua [25 t.], Jeremiah [25 t.], Daniel [9 t.]); — north (opposite south, east, west) Genesis 13:14; 28:14 (both J), Exodus 27:11 (P), +; צ ׳מְּאַת north side 26:20; Joshua 15:5 + (see מֵּאָה); so צ ׳צֶלַיע Exodus 26:35, הַצּ ׳רוּחַ Ezekiel 42:17, compare צָפ֫וֺנָה הַמִּזְבֵּחַ עַליֶֿרֶךְ 2 Kings 16:14; צ ׳גְּבוּל Numbers 34:7, 9 north boundary; צ ׳יַתְכְּתֵי remote parts of north Isaiah 14:13 (as divine abode), Ezekiel 38:6, 15 + (see [ יַרְכָה]); הַצּ ׳שַׁעַר 40:35 +, צ ׳מֶּתַח 42:2; צ ׳רוּחַ Ezekiel 25:23 north wind, and so ׳צ alone Song of Solomon 4:16; toward the north is צָפ֫וֺנָה Joshua 13:3 +?אֶלצָֿפוֺן Ecclesiastes 1:6, ׳אֶלהַֿצּ Ezekiel 42:1, אֶלהַֿצָּפ֫וֺנָה 8:14, לַצָּפוֺן 40:23, הַצָּפוֺן דֶּרֶךְ 40:20, ׳ד צָפ֫וֺנָה 8:5 (twice in verse) +, etc.; especially (in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, etc.) of quarter whence invaders were to come, e. g. Assyrians Isaiah 14:31, compare Zephaniah 2:13, Babylonians Jeremiah 6:1, 22; 15:12; 46:20, 24 (׳עַםצֿ), 47:2, Ezekiel 26:7, Cyrus against Babylonian Isaiah 41:25, compare Jeremiah 50:3, 9, 41; 51:48; more vaguely, 1:14-15, (צ ׳מַמְלְכוֺת), 4:6; 10:22; 13:20; 25:9, 26 (הַצּ ׳מַלְכֵי); of Gog's host Ezekiel 38:6, 15; 39:2; צ ׳נְסִיכֵי 32:30 (apparently of nearer [Aramaean?] princes); צ ׳אֶרֶץ Jeremiah 31:8 is region of Carchemish, but Zechariah 2:10; 6:6, 8 (twice in verse) of Babylon; צ ׳מֵאֶרֶץ (sometimes + other countries) the exiles and dispersed are to return Jeremiah 3:18; 16:15 = 23:8; 31:8, compare Isaiah 43:6; 49:12; הַצּ ׳מֶלֶךְ Daniel 11:6-7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 40 denotes successive Seleucidae. |
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