צָפַן

Exodus 2:2 וַֽתִּצְפְּנֵ֖הוּ and she hid him

and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.

Here: 'And she hid him'. This verb means putting something precious out of sight to keep it safe, the way you would store up treasure. Rahab uses it when she hides the spies (Josh 2:4). It is not hiding out of shame. She protects him like something valuable.

Exodus 2:3 הַצְּפִינוֹ֒ to hide him

But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

Joshua 2:4 וַֽתִּצְפְּנ֑וֹ and she hid him

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

Job 10:13 צָפַ֣נְתָּ you hid

Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:

Job 14:13 תַּצְפִּנֵ֗נִי you will hide me

If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

Here: 'You would store me away.' The verb is used for putting something valuable away for safekeeping, as in hiding a treasure. The same verb is used for hiding baby Moses (Exod 2:3). Job pictures being protected, not thrown out.

Job 15:20 נִצְפְּנ֥וּ [which] they have been stored up

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

Here: The verb means to hide something away or keep it in store, as with treasure or a secret. The passive suggests God has set the tyrant's years aside, already counted and out of his sight.

Job 17:4 צָפַ֣נְתָּ you have kept

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

Job 20:26 לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו for treasured [things] his

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

Job 21:19 יִצְפֹּן־ he stores up

It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

Job 23:12 צָפַ֥נְתִּי I have treasured up

I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

Here: "I have stored up / hidden away." The verb is used for hiding valuables or laying up provisions somewhere safe. Job has kept God's words protected and close, the way one stores food against need.

Job 24:1 נִצְפְּנ֣וּ have they been stored up

“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

Here: A passive form, 'have been stored up / laid away / reserved'. Job uses this verb elsewhere for punishment being kept in store for the wicked (15:20; 21:19). So the picture is of God keeping appointed dates of reckoning in reserve, and Job complains that he does not.

Psalm 10:8 יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃ they lie hidden

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

Here: They lie hidden: the eyes are themselves concealed, watching from cover. The verb is about hiding rather than looking, so "watch" in English is drawn from the context.

Psalm 17:14 וּֽצְפוּנְךָ֮ and treasured [thing] your

from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

Here: From a root meaning 'hide, store away, treasure up'. It can mean what God has laid up, whether good things or punishment, or the people God treasures. This one word decides how the rest of the verse is read.

Psalm 27:5 יִצְפְּנֵ֨נִי׀ he will conceal me

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

Here: 'He will hide me away' the way something precious is put away to keep it safe. The verb form looks to the future and expresses settled confidence: this is what he will do.

Psalm 31:19 צָפַ֪נְתָּ you have stored up

How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

Here: 'You have hidden away / kept in reserve': good kept safe out of sight, like a treasure, until it is needed. The same verb comes back in v. 20, where God hides His people themselves.

Psalm 31:20 תִּצְפְּנֵ֥ם you hide them

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

Here: "You store them away." This is the same verb as in verse 19, where God has "laid up" or "stored" his goodness for those who fear him. Now he stores the people themselves, keeping them hidden as treasure is kept.

Psalm 56:6 יִצְפּ֗וֹנוּ they lie hidden

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

Here: The ambush verb. They keep out of sight, the way robbers wait in hiding in Proverbs 1:11, 18 ('let us lie in wait for blood').

Psalm 83:3 צְפוּנֶֽיךָ׃ treasured [ones] your

With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

Here: A passive participle, 'your hidden/stored-away ones'. The people God has tucked away for safekeeping, as something precious is hidden. It means both 'sheltered' and 'treasured'. This line runs parallel to 'your people', so it names the same group.

Psalm 119:11 צָפַ֣נְתִּי I have hidden

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Here: 'I have put away for safekeeping.' The verb is used for storing valuables and keeping someone safe by hiding them. Its form describes a completed act whose result lasts: I put it there, and it stays there.

Proverbs 1:11 נִצְפְּנָ֖ה let us lie hidden

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

Here: "Let us lie hidden / lurk." The verb means to conceal or to store something away, here used for crouching out of sight. Elsewhere in Proverbs the same verb means to "store up" or "treasure" a father's words (2:1; 7:1), and verse 18 turns it back on the gang: what they are really storing up is their own death.

Proverbs 1:18 יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ they lie hidden

But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

Here: The root basically means to hide something away. It can describe crouching hidden in ambush (as in 1:11) or storing up treasure. Here it means 'they lurk in hiding', but it may also carry a bitter echo: men who wanted to fill their houses with loot (1:13) are really 'storing up' death for themselves.

Proverbs 2:1 תִּצְפֹּ֥ן you will treasure

My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

Here: To put something away where it is safe because it is valuable, the way a person stores up treasure. The point is careful keeping, not secrecy. The same verb comes back in v. 7, where God "stores up" sound wisdom for the upright.

Proverbs 2:7 יִצְפֹּ֣ן he stores up

He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

Here: God puts something away in safe keeping, the way a person hides valuables. The subject is the LORD of v. 6. It picks up v. 1, where the son is told to 'treasure up' (same verb) his father's commands: the son stores up the teaching, and God stores up its reward.

Proverbs 7:1 תִּצְפֹּ֥ן you will treasure

My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

Here: "You shall store away": the picture is putting something valuable in a safe hiding place so it is there when needed. The verb form ("you will") works here as a command, matching "guard" at the start of the line.

Proverbs 10:14 יִצְפְּנוּ־ they store up

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

Here: 'They hide away / keep in store.' This is the verb for putting something valuable out of sight for safekeeping. The form describes what the wise habitually do. It carries both ideas: gathering knowledge up and keeping it back, not spending it all in talk.

Proverbs 13:22 וְצָפ֥וּן and [is] stored up

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

Here: A passive participle, 'is hidden away / reserved,' describing a settled state. The sinner thinks he is storing up for himself, but the wealth is already set aside for someone else. The Hebrew puts this word first in its line for emphasis.

Proverbs 27:16 צֹפְנֶ֥יהָ צָֽפַן־ [those who] hide her, he hides

restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

Song of Songs 7:13 צָפַ֥נְתִּי [which] I have stored up

The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

Jeremiah 16:17 נִצְפַּ֥ן it has been concealed

For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

Here: From a verb used for storing treasure away or hiding something in a safe place. Their guilt has not been tucked away anywhere out of God's sight.

Ezekiel 7:22 צְפוּנִ֑י treasured [place] my

I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

Hosea 13:12 צְפוּנָ֖ה [is] stored up

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.