צָפוֹן

I. צָפוֺן₁₅₃ noun feminine^{Es 43,6} north (as the hidden, dark; compare Thes Lewy^{Fremdw. 188 f.}; perhaps Phoenician צפל north); — absolute ׳צ Jer 26,26 +, צָפֹ֫נָה northward 1 Mos 13,14 +, oftener צָפ֫וֺנָה Jer 3,12 +, also צָפ֫וֺנָה = צָפוֺן Jer 1,13 + (after prepositions and stative construct; compare Ges^{«GKC:90e»§ 90e}); construct מִצְּפוֺן לְ Jos 8,11 +, also מִצְּפוֺן Jos 19,14 Gi (compare Benn; van d. H. Baer ׳מִצָּ), מִצְּפ֫וֺנָה לְ Dom 21,19 (׳צ occurs oftenest in Ezekiel [46 t.], Joshua [25 t.], Jeremiah [25 t.], Daniel [9 t.]); — north (opposite south, east, west) 1 Mos 13,14; 1 Mos 28,14 (both J), 2 Mos 27,11 (P), +; ׳פְּאַת צ north side 2 Mos 26,20; Jos 15,5 + (see פֵּאָה); so ׳צֶלַיע צ 2 Mos 26,35, ׳רוּחַ הַצּ Ezk 42,17, compare עַליֶֿרֶךְ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ צָפ֫וֺנָה 2 Kong 16,14 ׳גְּבוּל צ 4 Mos 34,7; 4 Mos 34,9 north boundary; ׳יַתְכְּתֵי צ remote parts of north Es 14,13 (as divine abode), Ezk 38,6; Ezk 38,15 + (see [ יַרְכָה]); ׳שַׁעַר הַצּ Ezk 40,35 +, ׳פֶּתַח צ Ezk 42,2 ׳רוּחַ צ Ezk 25,23 north wind, and so ׳צ alone Hoj 4,16 toward the north is צָפ֫וֺנָה Jos 13,3 + (see also above), and אֶלצָֿפוֺן Praed 1,6, ׳אֶלהַֿצּ Ezk 42,1, אֶלהַֿצָּפ֫וֺנָה Ezk 8,14, לַצָּפוֺן Ezk 40,23, דֶּרֶךְ הַצָּפוֺן vEzk 40,20, צָפ֫וֺנָה ׳ד Ezk 8,5 (twice in verse) +, etc.; especially (in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, etc.) of quarter whence invaders were to come, e. g. Assyrians Es 14,31, compare Sef 2,13, Babylonians Jer 6,1; Jer 6,22; Jer 15,12; Jer 46,20; Jer 46,24 (׳עַםצֿ), Jer 47,2, Ezk 26,7, Cyrus against Babylonian Es 41,25, compare Jer 50,3; Jer 50,9; Jer 50,41; Jer 51,48 more vaguely, Jer 1,14; Jer 1,15 (׳מַמְלְכוֺת צ), Jer 4,6; Jer 10,22; Jer 13,20; Jer 25,9; Jer 25,26 (׳מַלְכֵי הַצּ); of Gog's host Ezk 38,6; Ezk 38,15; Ezk 39,2 ׳נְסִיכֵי צ Ezk 32,30 (apparently of nearer [Aramaean?] princes); ׳אֶרֶץ צ Jer 31,8 is region of Carchemish, but Zak 2,10; Zak 6,6; Zak 6,8 (twice in verse) of Babylon; ׳מֵאֶרֶץ צ (sometimes + other countries) the exiles and dispersed are to return Jer 3,18; Jer 16,15 = Jer 23,8; Jer 31,8, compare Es 43,6; Es 49,12 ׳מֶלֶךְ הַצּ Dan 11,6; Dan 11,7; Dan 11,8; Dan 11,11; Dan 11,13; Dan 11,15; Dan 11,40 denotes successive Seleucidae.