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title: חָסוּת — refuge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָסוּת (2622), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: refuge. BDB 1906: n.f. refuge. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָסוּת

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«חָסוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **refuge** — 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:** 2622 · **BDB:** חָסוּת

### Glosses

refuge (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

refuge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2622/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. refuge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2622/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. refuge;—וְהֶחָסוּת בְּצֵל מִצְרַיִם Is 30:3 (‖ מָעוֹז פַּרְעֹה).

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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 (1 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 «חָסוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2622/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 30:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.3/)

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וְהָיָ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם מָע֥וֹז פַּרְעֹ֖ה לְבֹ֑שֶׁת וְהֶחָס֥וּת בְּצֵל־מִצְרַ֖יִם לִכְלִמָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.become for you the.refuge of.Pharaoh (into) shame and the refuge in the.shadow of.Egypt (into) ignominy

*JPS 1917:* Therefore shall the stronghold of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your confusion.

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