What does צִנּוּר mean in the Bible?
צִנּוּר is a Hebrew word meaning "a culvert".
Hebrew · H6794
צִנּוּר
A culvert
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צִנּוּר H6794
What does צִנּוּר mean in the Bible?
צִנּוּר is a Hebrew word meaning "a culvert".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6794?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include must use the water shaft (1), of Your waterfalls (1).
Where does צִנּוּר appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Samuel 5:8. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Samuel (1), Psalms (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It must use the water shaft 1× 2 Samuel 5:8
of Your waterfalls 1× Psalms 42:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Samuel 5:8
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
2 Samuel 1 Psalms 1
Source forms
בַּצִּנּ֔וֹר 1x baṣ·ṣin·nō·wr 2 Samuel 5:8
צִנּוֹרֶ֑יךָ 1x ṣin·nō·w·re·ḵā Psalms 42:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular 1x Psalms 42:7
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x 2 Samuel 5:8
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a culvert
Source Gloss
a culvert
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a culvert BDB: pipe Usage: gutter, water-spout.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain