Lexical Definition

‎צָב‎ tsâb (tsawb) litter ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to establish

covered, litter, tortoise.

• a palanquin or canopy (as a fixture)
• also a species of lizard (probably as clinging fast)

1) a carrying vehicle, litter, covered wagon
2) an unclean lizard
2a) perhaps a tortoise
2b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎צָב‎ noun [masculine] litter; — absolute ‎׳‎‎צ‎, in ‎עֶגְלֹת צָב‎ Num 7:3, probably litter-wagons, i.e. wagons covered, like palanquin; plural ‎צַבִּים‎ Isa 66:20 litters (on Vrss compare Di^Nu).

II. ‎צָב‎ noun [masculine] lizard, as unclean, Lev 11:29.

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