Isaiah 3:21

The rings, and nose jewels,
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הַ טַּבָּע֖וֹת
הַ
Prefix — article the
טַּבָּע֖וֹת
Root word rings, ring
Dictionary form: טַבַּעַת · tahb-ba-AT

Noun — Common, feminine plural, absolute state plural — usually add "-s"

In the KJV here: the rings
rings ×22 the rings ×6 ring ×5 into the rings ×4 his ring ×3 their rings ×2 and rings ×1 by his rings ×1
More options
ring — General-purpose; best default for most contexts.
signet ring — Prefer when authority or official sealing is implied.
loop — Use for structural rings on the ark or tabernacle furniture.
band — Suits cylindrical or ornamental rings without gem settings.
hoop — Good for large, circular carrying-rings on sacred objects.
seal ring — Emphasizes authentication function; fits royal/legal contexts.

BDB3292 H2885

BDB3291 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB3293

טַבַּ֫עַת noun feminine signet, signet-ring, ring (on formation see LagBN 88; Assyrian ‰imbu°u, seal-ring, Muss-Arnl.c.) — absolute טַבַּעַת Exod 26:24 + 3 t.; construct id. Esth 3:12 + 3 t.; טַבַּעְתּוֺ Gen 41:42 + 2 t.; plural absolute טַבָּעוֺת Isa 3:1; Exod 28:23 טַבָּעֹת Exod 25:12 (twice in verse) + 14 t. construct טַבְּעוֺת Exod 28:23 + 2 t.; טַבְּעֹת Exod 25:12 + 12 t.; suffix טַבְּעֹתָ֯ו Exod 28:28; Exod 39:21 טַבְּעֹתֵיהֶם Exod 26:29 טַבְּעֹתָם Exod 36:34
  l. signet-ring, of king, taken from his hand and given as token of authority Gen 41:42 (E), Esth 3:10; Esth 8:2 used in sealing official missives Esth 3:12; Esth 8:8 (twice in verse); Esth 8:10 (verb חָתַם).

2. ring, as ornament Isa 3:21 as gift for sacred purposed Exod 35:22; Num 31:50 (both P).
3. most often (only in Exodus) of rings for staves of ark, for curtains, for ephod, and other sacred furniture Exod 25:12 (3 t. in verse) + 35 t. in Exodus (all P).

rings, ring
ṭabbaʿat
properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e., signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
  • ring, signet, signet ring
    • signet ring (as symbol of authority)
    • "ring (as ornament)

וְ נִזְמֵ֥י
וְ
Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)
נִזְמֵ֥י
Root word earrings, earring, jewel, jewels
Dictionary form: נֶזֶם · neh-DZEM

Noun — Common, masculine plural, construct state plural — usually add "-s"; "___ of …" — bound to the next word

In the KJV here: jewels
earrings ×4 earring ×2 the earring ×2 the earrings ×2 a jewel ×1 all their earrings ×1 and earrings ×1 as a jewel ×1
More options
earring — Most common meaning; default choice for jewelry contexts.
nose ring — Prefer when context specifies nasal adornment.
jewel — Broader term; suits figurative or poetic passages.
ornament — Most general; good when specific type is ambiguous.
ring — Neutral shorthand when body placement is unstated.

BDB5099 H5141

BDB5098 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB5100

נֶ֫זֶם noun masculineJob 42:11 ring, always of gold when material mentioned; — ׳נ absolute Gen 24:30 +; construct vGen 24:22 +; suffix נִזְמָהּ Hos 2:15 plural נְזָמִיםGen 35:4 construct נִזְמֵי Exod 32:2 +; —

1. nose-ring (Syriac ) woman's ornament, עַלאַֿפָּהּ ׳נ Gen 24:47 compare vGen 24:22 vGen 24:30 (J); נִזְמֵי הָאָף Isa 3:21 (|| טַבַּ֫עַת seal-ring); perhaps also Hos 2:15; Ezek 16:12 figurative of ׳י's adorning Jerusalem (|| עֲגִילִים עַלאָֿזְנַיִךְ); compare בְּאַף חֲזִיר ׳נ Prov 11:22.
2. earring ornament of men and women, Gen 35:4, אֲשֶׁר בְּאָזְנֵיהֶם ׳נ so Exod 32:2; Exod 32:3 (all E); compare Prov 25:12 (in simile of wise reprover), and perhaps Exod 35:22 (P; || טַבַּ֫עַת); probably also Judg 8:24 (twice in verse); Judg 8:25; Judg 8:26 (of men, compare GFM), Job 42:11. — compare further GeiJüd. Zeltaschr. x (1872), 45 ff. RSSemitic i. 434, 2d ed. 453; also ref, below נור.

earrings, earring, jewel, jewels
nezem
a nose-ring
  • ring, nose ring, earring
    • nose ring (woman's ornament)
    • "earring (ornament of men or women)

הָ אָֽף
הָ
Prefix — article the
אָֽף
Root word anger, wrath, face, nostrils, nose, …
Dictionary form: אַף · ap

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: and nose
anger ×40 his anger ×13 and the anger ×12 wrath ×10 mine anger ×8 of his anger ×8 the anger ×8 to anger ×8
More options
anger — Most natural default; fits narrative and poetic contexts.
wrath — Stronger, more intense; suits divine or royal fury.
rage — Visceral, uncontrolled emotion; good for heated human anger.
nose — Literal anatomical sense; Hebrew idiom 'long of nose' = patient.
nostril — Use when breath or snorting imagery is in focus.
face — Rare metonymic sense; only when context clearly demands it.

BDB601 H639

BDB600 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB602

I. אַף277 noun masculineGen 30:2 nostril, nose, face, anger (Assyrian appu, face Floodiii. 27, 29 compare Hpt KAT2 Gloss, Arabic , Ethiopic nose; Aramaic , אֲנְפִּין face) — absolute Ps 78:21 +; construct Gen 27:45 +; suffix אַפּי Exod 22:23 +, etc.; du אַפַּיִם Prov 14:17 +; אַפָּיו Gen 2:7 + etc.; — In Hexateuch J E (Josh 7:1 P? Josh 23:16 D?).

1. nostril, as organ of breathing Gen 2:7; Gen 7:22; Job 27:3 compare Num 11:20; 2Sam 22:9 = Ps 18:9 compare Isa 65:5; Isa 2:22; Lam 4:20; Ezek 38:18 (strike out Co) Amos 4:10 רוּחַ אַפֶּיךָ (of ׳י) i.e. wind Exod 15:8 compare נִשְׁמַת רוּחַ אַפּוֺ 2Sam 22:16 = Ps 18:16 (see also below 3); nose singular Song 7:5; Song 7:9; Ezek 8:17; Ezek 23:25; Prov 30:33 (where play upon different meaning of אַף & אַפַּיִם):
   (a) as organ of smelling Deut 33:10; Ps 115:6 (b) as place of ring for ornament Gen 24:47; Isa 3:21; Ezek 16:12
   (c) as place of ring or hook for captive 2Kgs 19:28 = Isa 37:29 for beasts, e.g. swine Prov 11:22 hippopotamus Job 40:24 crocodile v.Job 40:26.
2. Du face (especially in phrase אַפַּיִם אַרְצָה) Gen 19:1; Gen 42:6; Gen 48:12; Num 22:31; 1Sam 20:41; 1Sam 24:9; 1Sam 25:41; 1Sam 28:14; 1Sam 2:4; 1Sam 2:33; 1Sam 18:28; 1Sam 24:20; 1Sam 1:23; 1Sam 1:31; 1Sam 1:21; 1Sam 2:3; 1Sam 20:18; also Gen 3:19 גֹּבַהּ אַפּוֺ pride of his countenance Ps 10:4 לְאַפֵּי before, local sense (compare לִפְנֵי) 1Sam 25:23 אַפָּ֑יִם 1Sam 1:5 read אֶפֶס ᵐ5 We Dr (q. v.)
3. mostly anger, human Gen 27:45; Gen 49:6; Gen 49:7 + (45 t.); oftener divine Exod 32:12; Deut 9:19; 2Kgs 24:20 + (177 t.); often subject חָרָה (וַיִּ֫חַר etc.) his anger was kindled Gen 30:2; Gen 39:19; Exod 4:14; Exod 22:23; Exod 32:10; Exod 32:11 +; in various combinations, especially חֲרוֺן אַף fierceness of anger Exod 32:12; Num 25:4; Num 32:14 +; compare חֳרִיאָֿף 1Sam 20:34 בַּעַלאַֿף Prov 22:24 one given to anger, etc.; אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם slow to anger Exod 34:6; Num 14:18; Neh 9:17 + 7 t. of God; Prov 14:29; Prov 15:18; Prov 16:32; Prov 25:15 of man.


BDB648 H639

BDB647 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB649

I. אַף see below אנף.


BDB9318 H600 H639

BDB9317 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9319

[אֲנַף, אַף K§ 55, 4] noun masculine only dual (SchulthZAW xxii (1902), 164) face (Biblical Hebrew אַף, √ אנף; Aramaic of Têma אנפי SAC23 Lzb222 Cooke69, 1. 14, so S-CG 19 and (usually) ᵑ7J; אפין ᵑ7Onk Jon, Syriac, Christian-Palestinian Aramaic (SchulthLex.13); also אפי Palmyrene Lzb222 Cookep.339, Christian-Palestinian Aramaic with preposition SchulthLex.14, etc.); — plural suffix 3 masculine singular אַנְפּוֺהִי Dan 2:46; Dan 3:19.

anger, wrath, face, nostrils, nose, …
ʾap
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
  • nostril, nose, face
  • "anger

The cantillation accents are the Masoretes' punctuation: each group below ends at a pausing accent. Translate a group as one unit.
הַטַּבָּע֖וֹת Tipeha — a lesser break וְנִזְמֵ֥י הָאָֽף Silluq — end of the verse

הַטַּבָּעוֹת וְנִזְמֵי הָאָֽף׃
21
The rings, and nose jewels,
Cross References

Genesis 24:47

וָֽאֶשְׁאַל אֹתָהּ וָֽאֹמַר בַּת-מִי אַתְּ וַתֹּאמֶר בַּת-בְּתוּאֵל בֶּן-נָחוֹר אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה-לּוֹ מִלְכָּה וָֽאָשִׂם הַנֶּזֶם עַל-אַפָּהּ וְהַצְּמִידִים עַל-יָדֶֽיהָ׃
47
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

1 Peter 3:3

ὧν ἔστω οὐχ ἔξωθεν ἐμπλοκῆς τριχῶν καὶ περιθέσεως χρυσίων ἐνδύσεως ἱματίων κόσμος
3
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Song of Solomon 5:14

יָדָיו גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ מֵעָיו עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן מְעֻלֶּפֶת סַפִּירִֽים׃
14
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Esther 8:12

בְּיוֹם אֶחָד בְּכָל-מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ שְׁנֵים-עָשָׂר הוּא-חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָֽר׃
12
Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Ezekiel 16:12

וָאֶתֵּן נֶזֶם עַל-אַפֵּךְ וַעֲגִילִים עַל-אָזְנָיִךְ וַעֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת בְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃
12
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

Genesis 41:42

וַיָּסַר פַּרְעֹה אֶת-טַבַּעְתּוֹ מֵעַל יָדוֹ וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ עַל-יַד יוֹסֵף וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ בִּגְדֵי-שֵׁשׁ וַיָּשֶׂם רְבִד הַזָּהָב עַל-צַוָּארֽוֹ׃
42
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

Luke 15:22

εἶπεν δὲ πατὴρ πρὸς τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ ἐξενέγκατε τὴν στολὴν τὴν πρώτην καὶ ἐνδύσατε αὐτόν καὶ δότε δακτύλιον εἰς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑποδήματα εἰς τοὺς πόδας
22
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put on it him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

James 2:2

ἐὰν γὰρ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς τήν συναγωγὴν ὑμῶν ἀνὴρ χρυσοδακτύλιος ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷ εἰσέλθῃ δὲ καὶ πτωχὸς ἐν ῥυπαρᾷ ἐσθῆτι
2
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

1 Timothy 2:9

ὡσαύτως καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας ἐν καταστολῇ κοσμίῳ μετὰ αἰδοῦς καὶ σωφροσύνης κοσμεῖν ἑαυτάς μὴ ἐν πλέγμασιν χρυσῷ μαργαρίταις ἱματισμῷ πολυτελεῖ
9
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;