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title: הֶמֶס — brushwood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֶמֶס (2003), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: brushwood. BDB 1906: brushwood. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֶמֶס

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«הֶמֶס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brushwood** — 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:** 2003 · **BDB:** הֶ֫מֶס

### Glosses

brushwood(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brushwood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2003/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

brushwood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2003/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] only pl. הֲמָסִים brushwood (cf. De Che Di RV; some such meaning prob. from context) כִּקְדֹחַ אֵשׁ הֲמָסִים Is 64:1 as fire kindleth brushwood (VB).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֶמֶס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2003/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 64:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.1/)

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כִּקְדֹ֧חַ אֵ֣שׁ הֲמָסִ֗ים מַ֚יִם תִּבְעֶה־אֵ֔שׁ לְהוֹדִ֥יעַ שִׁמְךָ֖ לְצָרֶ֑יךָ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ גּוֹיִ֥ם יִרְגָּֽזוּ׃

*Word for word:* as kindles fire brushwood(s) water it.boils fire to make.known name your to foes your from before you nations they.will.quake

*JPS 1917:* As when fire kindleth the brush-wood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at Thy presence,

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