Brown-Driver-Briggs
I.
צְבִי noun masculine2Samuel 1:19 beauty, honour; — absolute
׳צ 2 Samuel 1:19 +,
צֶבִ֑י Daniel 8:9; construct
צְבִי Isaiah 13:19 +; plural construct
צִבְאוֺת Jeremiah 3:19 (so
ᵑ7 Ki Thes Hi Gf Ol § 145 b Kö
ii.l, 584 and others; > from
צבא ᵑ6 Gie and others); —
1. a. beauty, decoration, עֶדְיוֺ ׳צ, of silver and gold Ezekiel 7:20, of products of soil Isaiah 4:2 (predict.)
b. elsewhere in figure: of drunkard's chaplet, תִפְאַרְתּוֺ ׳צ Isaiah 28:1,4 (figurative of Samaria); ׳עֲטֶרֶת צ Isaiah 28:5 (of ׳י); ׳הַצּ 2 Samuel 1:19 (Saul and Jonathan); ׳גְּאוֺן כָּלצֿ, of Tyre Isaiah 23:9; מַמְלָכוֺת ׳צ Isaiah 13:19 (of Babylonian ); of land of Israel (Judah), צְבִי הִיא לְכָלהָֿאֲרָצוֺת Ezekiel 20:6,15, גּוֺיִם נַחֲלַת צְבִי צִבְאוֺת Jeremiah 3:19 (see above) heritage of the beauty of beauties of the nations, i.e. most beauteous heritage; ׳הַצּ especially of Jerusalem and temple Daniel 8:9 (Bev), compare ׳אֶרֶץ הַצּ Daniel 11:16,41 (see Dr), קֹֿרֶשׁ׳הַר צ Daniel 11:45(i.e. temple-hill); of cities of Moab, אֶרֶץ ׳צ Ezekiel 25:9.
2 = honour, דִּיק׳לַצּ ׳צ Isaiah 24:16. — Ezekiel 26:20 read בִי׳וְתִתְיַצְּ for וְנָתַתִּי צְבִי, so Lxx Co Berthol Toy Krae and others
III. צבה (√ of following; Late Hebrew צְבִי, צְבִיָה = Biblical Hebrew; so Assyrian ƒabîtu, Arabic Aramaic טַבְיָה ).
II. צְבִי noun masculineIsaiah 13:14 gazelle; — ׳צ absolute Deuteronomy 12:15 +; plural צְבָיִם 2 Samuel 2:18, צְבָאיִם 1 Chronicles 12:9 (Gi Baer; van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:8), צְבָאוֺת Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5; — gazelle, allowed as food Deuteronomy 14:5, compare Deuteronomy 12:15,22 (although not for sacrifice, Dr; all + אַיָּל), so Deuteronomy 15:22 (+ אַיָּל, יַחְמוּר, etc.), see 1 Kings 5:3; simile of swiftness 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 12:9 see above, Proverbs 6:5; of grace and beauty Songs 2:9,17; Songs 8:14 (compare JacobArab. Dichter iv. 20 f.); hence used in adjuration Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5 ( + אילות); מֻדָּח ׳צ Isaiah 13:14, simile of fugitives.