Lexical Definition

‎צָפַן‎ tsâphan (tsaw-fan') to treasure ^H:V
a primitive root

esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).

• to hide (by covering over)
• by implication, to hoard or reserve
• figuratively to deny
• specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk

1) to hide, treasure, treasure or store up
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to hide, treasure, treasure up
1a2) to lie hidden, lurk
1b) (Niphal) to be hidden, be stored up
1c) (Hiphil) to hide, hide from discovery

See Greek: ἅγιον · ἀποβλέπω · δίδωμι · ἐγκρύπτω · ἐκλείπω · ἐπισκοπή · ἔχω · θησαυρίζω · κρύπτω · τηρέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צָפַן‎ verb hide, treasure up (Late Hebrew id.; Tel Amarna ƒapânu; set, of sun); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Prov 27:16: 2 masculine singular ‎צָפַנְתָּ‎ Job 10:13 +, etc.; Imperfect ‎יִצְפֹּן‎ Job 21:19 + Prov 2:7 Qr (Kt ‎רצפן‎), suffix ‎יִצְפְּנֵנִי‎ Ps 27:5, etc.; Participle active plural suffix ‎צֹפְנֶיהָ‎ Prov 27:16 passive ‎צָפוֺן‎ Prov 13:22 +, Ps 17:14 Kt; feminine ‎צְפוּנָךְ‎ Hos 13:12, etc.; —

1. transitive hide, with accusative of person Exod 2:2 (E), Josh 2:4 (JE), of hiding a quarrelsome woman, like hiding wind Prov 27:16 (twice in verse) (si vera 1.; compare Toy); of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s hiding his servants (from evil) Ps 27:5; Ps 31:21*: = treasure up a thing, Prov 10:14, + ‎אִתְּךָ‎ with thyself, in thine own keeping Prov 2:1 = Prov 7:1, in (‎ב‎) the heart Job 10:13 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎; of secret purposes), Ps 119:11, compare Job 23:12 + ‎ל‎ person Prov 13:22; Song 7:14*, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ 21:19 reserve penalty; blessings Ps 31:20*; Prov 2:7 + ‎מִן‎ Job 17:4 thou [God] hast treasured up their heart away from understanding, kept it therefrom; passive, of sin Hos 13:12 (absolute; || ‎צָרוּר‎); read possibly ‎צָפוּן‎ for ‎צָפוּ‎ Job 15:22 treasured up for (‎אֱלֵי‎) the sword (see I. ‎צפה‎); ‎צָפוּן‎ = treasured, cherished place (i.e.Jerusalem) Ezek 7:22 = treasure Ps 17:14 Qr (Kt ‎צפינך‎, see ‎צפין‎), Job 20:26 (on dubious text see Bu); plural of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s treasured ones, his saints Ps 83:4*.

2. intransitive lie hid, lurk, absolute Ps 56:7*, with ‎ל‎ person Prov 1:11; Prov 1:18 and (of eyes of wicked) Ps 10:8. Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִצְפֵּן‎ Jer 16:17 be hidden from before (‎מִנֶּנֶד‎) ‎׳‎‎י‎'s eyes (|| ‎נִסְתְּרוּ‎); 3 plural ‎נִצְפְּנוּ‎ Job 24:1 + ‎מִשַׁדַּי‎ stored up on the part of shadday; stored up for (‎ל‎) one Job 15:20. Hiph`il hide, = Qal: Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎תַּצְפִּנֵנִי‎ Job 14:18, with ‎ב‎ location; 3 masculine plural ‎יצפינו‎ Ps 56:7* Kt (but < Qr see Qal); Infinitive construct suffix ‎הַצְּפִינוֺ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:20h»§ 20h}) Exod 2:3 to hide him.

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