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title: חַלָּמִישׁ — flint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַלָּמִישׁ (2496), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: flint. BDB 1906: n.m. flint. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַלָּמִישׁ

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«חַלָּמִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flint** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 2496 · **BDB:** חַלָּמִישׁ

### Glosses

flint (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2496/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2496/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. flint;—חַלָּמִישׁ Dt 8:15 + 3 times; cstr. חַלְמִישׁ Dt 32:13;—flint צוּר הַח׳ rock of flint = flinty rock, whence water flowed for Isr. in desert Dt 8:15, and (no צור) ψ 114:8; worked by miners Jb 28:9; hyperb. oil out of ח׳ צוּר Dt 32:13 flint of rock = rocky flint (poet.);—in sim. of firmness עַל־כֵּן שַׂמְתִּי פָּנַי כַּחַלָּמִישׁ Is 50:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «חַלָּמִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2496/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.9/)

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בַּֽ֭חַלָּמִישׁ שָׁלַ֣ח יָד֑וֹ הָפַ֖ךְ מִשֹּׁ֣רֶשׁ הָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* on the flint he.stretches.out hand his he.overturns from.\[the\] root mountains

*JPS 1917:* He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.

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[Psalms 114:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.114.8/)

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הַהֹפְכִ֣י הַצּ֣וּר אֲגַם־מָ֑יִם חַ֝לָּמִ֗ישׁ לְמַעְיְנוֹ־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* \[who\] turned the rock a.pool of.water flint into a spring of.water

*JPS 1917:* Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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