Word Study · Strong's H6809 · Hebrew
צָעִיף
tsaiph
tsaw-eef'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsâʻîyph
“a veil”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a veil
Rendered in the KJV as
vail.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בַּצָּעִיף֙1
- הַצָּעִ֖יף1
- צְעִיפָ֖הּ1
How it is rendered · 3
- the veil1
- veil her1
- with the veil1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
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- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 24:65הַצָּעִ֖יףhatzaifthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand 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.here: the veil
- Genesis 38:14בַּצָּעִיף֙batzaifpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularshe 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.here: with the veil
- Genesis 38:19צְעִיפָ֖הּtzeifahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.here: veil her