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צְנִיע‏ adj. clever; modest

modest JLAtg, Gal, PTA, JBA, LJLA. TgJ Mi6:8 : וִהוִי צְנִיַע לְהַלָכָא בְדַחלְתָא דַאֲלָהָך‏ [MT וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם־אֱלֹהֶיךָ]. FTP Ex38:8 : נשיא צניעתא דהוון צניען בתרע משכנא‏ modest women who would hide at the door of the tabernacle. PJ Ex38:8 : נחשא מן אספקלירי <דנחשא> נשיא צניעתא‏ bronze from the mirrors of modest women. chaste PTA, LJLA. TN Ex38:8 : נשייה צניעתה דהוויין צניען בתרע משכן זימנא‏ the chaste women who were kept hidden at the entrance of the tent of meeting. TgSong4:8 : דדמיא לנינפי דהיא צניעא‏ which is like a bride who is chaste.

hidden, secreted JPAEpig, LJLA. PJ Deut10:5 : ושוויית ית לוחיא בארונא דעבדית והוו תמן צניעין‏ I placed the tablets in the ark that I made and they were hidden inside there.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 467a; DJBA: 968b; Jastrow: 1291; Levy Ch-W: 2:332;

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