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title: דַּק — thin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דַּק (1851), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: thin. BDB 1906: adj. thin, small, fine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דַּק

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«דַּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thin** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 1851 · **BDB:** דַּק²

### Glosses

thin (7); fine (2); thin.\[stuff\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1851/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. thin, small, fine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1851/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. thin, small, fine—abs. m. דּ׳ Ex 16:14 + times; דָּ֑ק Lv 13:30; f. דַּקָּה Lv 16:12 1 K 19:12; pl. f. abs. דַּקּוֹת Gn 41:6 + 2 times; דַּקֹּת 41:24; cstr. דַּקּוֹת 41:3, דַּקֹּת v 4;— thin, of kine דּ׳ בָּשָׂר Gn 41:3 cf. v 4 (Sam has in both רַקּוֹת cf. MT v 19, 20, 27); of ears of corn v 6, 7, 23, 24 (all E); thin, shrunk, withered, of man Lv 21:20 (H). small, fine, of the manna דַּק מְחֻסְפָּס דַּק כַּכְּפֹר Ex 16:14; of incense Lv 16:12, hair 13:30 (all P); of dust אָבָק דַּק Is 29:5; in sim. of isles in hand of י׳, אִיִּים כַּדַּק יִטּוֹל Is 40:15 (דַּק = subst. fine thing, fine dust); once of a low whisper קוֹל דְּמָמָה דַקָּה 1 K 19:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דַּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1851/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 41:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.6/)

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וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים דַּקּ֖וֹת וּשְׁדוּפֹ֣ת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and there! seven ears.of.grain thin and scorched of.an.east.wind \[were\].springing.up after them

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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[Genesis 41:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.23/)

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וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים צְנֻמ֥וֹת דַּקּ֖וֹת שְׁדֻפ֣וֹת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and there! seven ears.of.grain withered thin scorched of.an.east.wind \[were\].springing.up after them

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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