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title: דֶּלֶף — a dropping · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דֶּלֶף (1812), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a dropping. BDB 1906: n.m. dropping. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֶּלֶף

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«דֶּלֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a dropping** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1812 · **BDB:** דֶּ֫לֶף

### Glosses

a.dripping (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a dropping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1812/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dropping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1812/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a dropping (of rain, cf. WetzstZPV xiv. 1891, 5), fig. דֶּלֶף טֹרֵד מִדְיְנֵי אִשָּׁה Pr 19:13 etc.; ד׳ טוֹרֵד בְּיוֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵשֶׁת מִדְוָ֯נִים נִשְׁתָּֽוָה׃ Pr 27:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דֶּלֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1812/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.15/)

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דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭וֹרֵד בְּי֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.dripping continual on a.day of.persistent.rain and a.wife of.contentions she.is.like

*JPS 1917:* A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

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[Proverbs 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.13/)

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הַוֺּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].destruction(s) to father his a.son a.fool and.\[are\] a.dripping continual \[the\].contentions of.a.wife

*JPS 1917:* A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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