Lexicon
צַוַּאר
tsav.var
H6676
A:N-M Hebrew

neck

4
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

tsav.var denotes the bodily neck, whether bearing a gold chain or described in Ephraim’s figure.

The attested use denotes the bodily neck: it is the place where a gold chain is worn in Daniel’s court scenes and is mentioned in the description of Ephraim in Hosea.

Senses in use

  1. The bodily neck · dominant

    All four occurrences are construct singular masculine noun forms. In Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:16, and Daniel 5:29, the APB renders the clause about a gold chain being worn or placed “around his neck”; in Hosea 10:11, it renders the description of Ephraim with “the goodness of her neck.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “neck” in each cited clause: as the location of a gold chain in Daniel and in the phrase “the goodness of her neck” in Hosea. These clauses confirm the surrounding use rather than establish a separate rendering for each form.

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