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title: הָגָה — remove · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָגָה (1898), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: remove. BDB 1906: vb. remove. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָגָה

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«הָגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **remove** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1898 · **BDB:** הָגָה²

### Glosses

remove (2); he.removed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

remove [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1898/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. remove [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1898/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. remove (Thes comp. יגה)— Pf. הָגָה Is 27:8 (Di reads הָגָהּ); Inf. abs. הָגוֹ Pr 25:4, 5;—הָגוֹ סִיגִים מִכָּ֑סֶף Pr 25:4 remove (lit. a removing) dross from silver; as sim. of following הָגוֹ רָשָׁע לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ Pr 25:5 remove (the) wicked before a king; הָגָה בְּרוּחוֹ הַקָּשָׁה Is 27:8, according to Di (v. supr.) he (י׳) hath removed her (i.e. sent into exile; his people under fig. of faithless wife) by his harsh wind; so transl. also Ew Che (he scared her away) Brd RV VB; De follows MT, regards as ellipt. rel. cl., and renders by ptcp., ‘sichtend (i.e. sifting, winnowing) heftigen Hauches,’ but conjectures הָגֹה (Inf. abs.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1898/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.4/)

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הָג֣וֹ סִיגִ֣ים מִכָּ֑סֶף וַיֵּצֵ֖א לַצֹּרֵ֣ף כֶּֽלִי׃

*Word for word:* remove dross(es) from silver and it.came.out for the metalsmith a.vessel

*JPS 1917:* Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner;

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[Proverbs 25:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.5/)

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הָג֣וֹ רָ֭שָׁע לִפְנֵי־מֶ֑לֶךְ וְיִכּ֖וֹן בַּצֶּ֣דֶק כִּסְאֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* remove \[the\].wicked before a.king and it.will.be.established in (the) righteousness throne his

*JPS 1917:* Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

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