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title: בָּרִחַ — fleeing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּרִחַ (1281), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: fleeing. BDB 1906: adj. fleeing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּרִחַ

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«בָּרִחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fleeing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 1281 · **BDB:** בָּרִיחַ

### Glosses

fleeing (2); (the) (1); boats (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fleeing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1281/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. fleeing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1281/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. fleeing (= בַּרִּיחַ) נָחָשׁ בָּרִֽחַ׃ Jb 26:13 of eclipse-dragon, לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ Is 27:1 (prob. fig. of Assyrians); as subst. בָּרִיחִים Is 43:14 as fugitives (for other views cf. Comm.); so prob. also Is 15:5 בריחיה, v. בְּרִיחַ.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּרִחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1281/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 26:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.13/)

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בְּ֭רוּחוֹ שָׁמַ֣יִם שִׁפְרָ֑ה חֹֽלֲלָ֥ה יָ֝ד֗וֹ נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃

*Word for word:* by wind his \[the\].heavens \[are\].clearness it.pierced hand his \[the\].snake fleeing

*JPS 1917:* By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.

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[Isaiah 43:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.43.14/)

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כֹּֽה־אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה גֹּאַלְכֶ֖ם קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְמַעַנְכֶ֞ם שִׁלַּ֣חְתִּי בָבֶ֗לָה וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י בָֽרִיחִים֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם וְכַשְׂדִּ֖ים בָּאֳנִיּ֥וֹת רִנָּתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh redeemer your the.holy.\[one\] of.Israel for your.sake I.have.sent to Babylon and I.will.bring.down in (the) boats of.them all and.\[the\] Chaldeans in the.ships their.shout.of.joy their

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their shouting.

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