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title: דּוּחַ — rinse · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דּוּחַ (1740), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: rinse. BDB 1906: vb. rinse, cleanse away by rinsing, washing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דּוּחַ

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«דּוּחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rinse** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1740 · **BDB:** דּוּחַ

### Glosses

he (1); he.will.cleanse (1); people.rinse (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rinse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1740/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rinse, cleanse away by rinsing, washing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1740/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rinse, cleanse away by rinsing, washing (NH Hiph., Aramaic Aph. id.; cf. Assyrian dîḫu DlPr 177)— Pf. sf. הדיחנו Kt Je 51:34 Qr הֱדִיחָ֑נִי but read הִדִּיחני from נדח (Hi, cf. 50:17); Impf. 3 ms. יָדִיחַ Is 4:4; 3 mpl. יָדִיחוּ 2 Ch 4:6 + Ez 40:38 (Co conj. הַקָּדִים);— rinse, victims to be offered in sacrifice Ez 40:38, so 2 Ch 4:6 (cf. supr.) fig. cleanse by washing Is 4:4, of removing guilt.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דּוּחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1740/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 40:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.38/)

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וְלִשְׁכָּ֣ה וּפִתְחָ֔הּ בְּאֵילִ֖ים הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים שָׁ֖ם יָדִ֥יחוּ אֶת־הָעֹלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and a.room and entrance its \[was\].at pillars the gates there people.rinse (et) the.burnt offering

*JPS 1917:* And a chamber with the entry thereof was by the posts at the gates; there was the burnt-offering to be washed.

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[Isaiah 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.4.4/)

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אִ֣ם ׀ רָחַ֣ץ אֲדֹנָ֗י אֵ֚ת צֹאַ֣ת בְּנוֹת־צִיּ֔וֹן וְאֶת־דְּמֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם יָדִ֣יחַ מִקִּרְבָּ֑הּ בְּר֥וּחַ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּבְר֥וּחַ בָּעֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* if he.has.washed.away Lord \[the\] (et) the.excrement of.the.daughters of.Zion and (et) the.blood(s) of.Jerusalem he.will.cleanse from midst its by a.spirit of.judgment and by a.spirit of.burning

*JPS 1917:* when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of destruction.

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