Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6877 - צְרִיחַ tseriach

Original Word:	צְרִיחַ
Transliteration:	tseriach
Phonetic Spelling:	(tser-ee'-akh)
Definition:	perhaps excavation, underground chamber
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

high place, hold

From tsarach in the sense of clearness of vision; a citadel -- high place, hold.

see HEBREW tsarach

Englishman's Concordance

1) excavation, underground chamber, cellar, underground room
1a) meaning uncertain
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6873 in the sense of clearness of vision
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1969a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

צְרִיחַnoun [masculine] perhaps excavation, underground chamber; — ׳צ absolute Judges 9:49, construct Judges 9:46; plural צְרִחִים1 Samuel 13:6; — used as hiding-places 1 Samuel 13:6 (+ מְעָרוֺת, חֲוָחִים, סְלָעִים, בֹּרוֺת); as refuge Judges 9:46 (where connected with shrine), Judges 9:49 (Vrss stronghold; on uncertainty of meaning see GFM).

צֹרִי see I. צֹר. צֳרִי, צְרִי, צְרֻיָה see צרה. above,

צרך (√ of following; Late Hebrew צָרַךְhave need of; Arabic be needy, so Aramaic צְרַךְ, (צ, =!); Christian-Palestinian Aramaic χρεία).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6877. צְרִ֫יחַ (tseriach) — 4 Occurrences

Judges 9:46
HEB:וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־ צְרִ֔יחַ בֵּ֖ית אֵ֥ל
NAS: of [it], they entered the inner chamber of the temple
KJV: [that], they entered into an hold of the house
INT: entered about the inner of the temple of the god

Judges 9:49
HEB:וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ עַֽל־ הַצְּרִ֔יחַ וַיַּצִּ֧יתוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם
NAS: and put [them] on the inner chamber
KJV: and put [them] to the hold, and set
INT: and put over the inner and set over

Judges 9:49
HEB:עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם אֶֽת־ הַצְּרִ֖יחַ בָּאֵ֑שׁ וַיָּמֻ֜תוּ
NAS: [them] on the inner chamber and set
KJV: and set the hold on fire
INT: and set over chamber fire died

1 Samuel 13:6
HEB:וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙ וּבַסְּלָעִ֔ים וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים וּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃
NAS: in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.
KJV: and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
INT: thickets cliffs cellars pits

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