H6731B

צִיץ

tsitsH:N-M

feather

1) feather, wing 1a) meaning uncertain

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מַעֲלֶה₁₉ noun masculine^{Isa 15:5} ascent; — ׳מ Neh 12:37 construct מַעֲלֵה Josh 10:10 + 14 t.; מַעֲלָו֯ Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37

1. ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1Sam 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2Chr 32:33 הַזֵּיתִית ׳מִ 2Sam 15:30 (see זַיִת 3); עַקְרַבִּים ׳מ = Srorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Judg 1:36; Num 36:4; Josh 15:3 (both P), i.e. probably the Na‡b eƒ-ƒafâ southwest from Dead Sea Buhl^{Geogr. 16. 66} Di and GFM on the passage, and references; often defined by proper name, of a location: אֲדֻמִים ׳מ Josh 15:7; Josh 18:17, south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern Tel`at ed-dâm Buhl^{Geogr. 98}.; see also בֵּית חוֺרֹן I. גּוּר, II. חֶרֶס, לוּחִית, II. ציץ.

2. of stairs Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37 to a wall Neh 12:27 מַעֵלֵה הַלִּוִיִּם Neh 9:4. p.111, 158, 357, 532, 851

I. צִיץ noun masculine^{Isa 28:1}

1. blossom, flower.

2. shining thing; — ׳צ absolute Isa 42:7 +, construct vIsa 42:6 +; plural צִצִּים 1Kgs 6:18 + 3 t. 6 (on form see Kö^{ii. l, 60}); —

1. blossom, flower, Num 17:23 (P; of Aaron's rod); (figurative of man Isa 40:7; Isa 40:8 (both ׳נָבֵל צ; || חָצִיר), compare simile צִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה vIsa 40:6 (|| id.), Ps 103:15, and ׳צ alone Job 14:2 נֹבֵל ׳צ Isa 28:1 (figurative of Samaria), so probably also vIsa 28:4 (for ᵑ0 ׳צִיצַת נ; so Marti); פְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים, as ornaments of temple 1Kgs 6:18; 1Kgs 6:29; 1Kgs 6:32; 1Kgs 6:35.

2. shining thing, plate of gold, constituting the diadem on front of high priest's mitre, Lev 8:9; Exod 28:36; Exod 39:30 (all P). — I, III. צִיץ, see below

II. צִיץ noun [masculine] meaning dubious; only in תְּנוּצִֿיץ לְמוֺאָב Jer 48:9 usually (after AW Ra Ki and others) wings (collective) (compare Aramaic צִיץ wing, fin, Thes Gf and others);

**Aramaic צִיץ wing dubious Levy^{322 b}; Aramaic נוֺצִיץ very rare; but note Late Hebrew צִיץ filament, small hair. compare Perles^Anal.46, who reads נוֺצִיץ (wing-) feathers (as in Aramaic); ᵐ5 σημεῖα, whence Gie sign-post, reading צִיוּן, — or נֵס, — (indicating flight).

1 occurrence

Jeremiah 48:9