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title: הֶמְיָה — sound · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֶמְיָה (1998), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sound. BDB 1906: n.f. sound, music. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֶמְיָה

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«הֶמְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sound** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1998 · **BDB:** הֶמְיָה

### Glosses

the.sound (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1998/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sound, music [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1998/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sound, music, of instruments הֶמְיַת נְבָלֶ֑יךָ Is 14:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «הֶמְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1998/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 14:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.11/)

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הוּרַ֥ד שְׁא֛וֹל גְּאוֹנֶ֖ךָ הֶמְיַ֣ת נְבָלֶ֑יךָ תַּחְתֶּ֙יךָ֙ יֻצַּ֣ע רִמָּ֔ה וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.has.been.brought.down Sheol pride your the.sound your.lyres your under you it.is.spread.as.a.bed maggot\[s\] and coverings your \[are\].worm\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, and the noise of thy psalteries; the maggot is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.'

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