I. צָפוֺן153 noun feminine[Isa 43:6] north (as the hidden, dark; compare Thes LewyFremdw. 188 f.; perhaps Phoenician צפל north); — absolute ׳צ [Jer 26:26] +, צָפֹ֫נָה northward [Gen 13:14] +, oftener צָפ֫וֺנָה [Jer 3:12] +, also צָפ֫וֺנָה = צָפוֺן [Jer 1:13] + (after prepositions and stative construct; compare Ges«GKC:90e»§ 90e); construct מִצְּפוֺן לְ [Josh 8:11] +, also מִצְּפוֺן [Josh 19:14] Gi (compare Benn; van d. H. Baer ׳מִצָּ), מִצְּפ֫וֺנָה לְ [Judg 21:19] (׳צ occurs oftenest in Ezekiel [46 t.], Joshua [25 t.], Jeremiah [25 t.], Daniel [9 t.]); — north (opposite south, east, west) [Gen 13:14]; [Gen 28:14] (both J), [Exod 27:11] (P), +; ׳פְּאַת צ north side [Exod 26:20]; [Josh 15:5] + (see פֵּאָה); so ׳צֶלַיע צ [Exod 26:35], ׳רוּחַ הַצּ [Ezek 42:17], compare עַליֶֿרֶךְ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ צָפ֫וֺנָה [2Kgs 16:14] ׳גְּבוּל צ [Num 34:7]; [Num 34:9] north boundary; ׳יַתְכְּתֵי צ remote parts of north [Isa 14:13] (as divine abode), [Ezek 38:6]; [Ezek 38:15] + (see [ יַרְכָה]); ׳שַׁעַר הַצּ [Ezek 40:35] +, ׳פֶּתַח צ [Ezek 42:2] ׳רוּחַ צ [Ezek 25:23] north wind, and so ׳צ alone [Song 4:16] toward the north is צָפ֫וֺנָה [Josh 13:3] + (see also above), and אֶלצָֿפוֺן [Eccl 1:6], ׳אֶלהַֿצּ [Ezek 42:1], אֶלהַֿצָּפ֫וֺנָה [Ezek 8:14], לַצָּפוֺן [Ezek 40:23], דֶּרֶךְ הַצָּפוֺן v[Ezek 40:20], צָפ֫וֺנָה ׳ד [Ezek 8:5] (twice in verse) +, etc.; especially (in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, etc.) of quarter whence invaders were to come, e. g. Assyrians [Isa 14:31], compare [Zeph 2:13], Babylonians [Jer 6:1]; [Jer 6:22]; [Jer 15:12]; [Jer 46:20]; [Jer 46:24] (׳עַםצֿ), [Jer 47:2], [Ezek 26:7], Cyrus against Babylonian [Isa 41:25], compare [Jer 50:3]; [Jer 50:9]; [Jer 50:41]; [Jer 51:48] more vaguely, [Jer 1:14]; [Jer 1:15] (׳מַמְלְכוֺת צ), [Jer 4:6]; [Jer 10:22]; [Jer 13:20]; [Jer 25:9]; [Jer 25:26] (׳מַלְכֵי הַצּ); of Gog's host [Ezek 38:6]; [Ezek 38:15]; [Ezek 39:2] ׳נְסִיכֵי צ [Ezek 32:30] (apparently of nearer [Aramaean?] princes); ׳אֶרֶץ צ [Jer 31:8] is region of Carchemish, but [Zech 2:10]; [Zech 6:6]; [Zech 6:8] (twice in verse) of Babylon; ׳מֵאֶרֶץ צ (sometimes + other countries) the exiles and dispersed are to return [Jer 3:18]; [Jer 16:15] = [Jer 23:8]; [Jer 31:8], compare [Isa 43:6]; [Isa 49:12] ׳מֶלֶךְ הַצּ [Dan 11:6]; [Dan 11:7]; [Dan 11:8]; [Dan 11:11]; [Dan 11:13]; [Dan 11:15]; [Dan 11:40] denotes successive Seleucidae.
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