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title: דָּחַף — drive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּחַף (1765), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: drive. BDB 1906: vb. drive, hasten. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּחַף

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«דָּחַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **drive** — 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:** 1765 · **BDB:** דָּחַף

### Glosses

he.hurried.himself (2); hurried (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1765/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. drive, hasten [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1765/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. drive, hasten (late) (NH id., Aramaic דְּחַף)— Pt. pass. pl. דְּחוּפִים of runners Est 3:15; 8:14 (‖ מְבֹהָלִים). Pf. hasten one’s self, hurry נִדְחַף אֶל־ Est 6:12; נִדְחַף לָצֵאת 2 Ch 26:20 (‖ בהל).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּחַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1765/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.12/)

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וַיָּ֥שָׁב מָרְדֳּכַ֖י אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְהָמָן֙ נִדְחַ֣ף אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ אָבֵ֖ל וַחֲפ֥וּי רֹֽאשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.returned Mordecai to the.gate of the.king and Haman he.hurried.himself to house his mourning and covered of.head

*JPS 1917:* And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

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[Esther 8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.14/)

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הָרָצִ֞ים רֹכְבֵ֤י הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים יָֽצְא֛וּ מְבֹהָלִ֥ים וּדְחוּפִ֖ים בִּדְבַ֣ר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְהַדָּ֥ת נִתְּנָ֖ה בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* the runners \[who\].rode of the.steed\[s\] (the) royal they.went.out hastened and hurried at the.word of the.king and the law it.was.given in Susa the citadel

*JPS 1917:* So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the castle.

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