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title: חָסַל — finish off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָסַל (2628), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: finish off. BDB 1906: vb. finish off, consume. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָסַל

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«חָסַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **finish off** — 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:** 2628 · **BDB:** חָסַל

### Glosses

it (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

finish off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2628/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. finish off, consume [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2628/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. finish off, consume (Aramaic חֲסַל come to an end, Aph. bring to an end)— Impf. יַחְסְלֶנּוּ הָאַרְבֶּה Dt 28:38 of locusts destroying crops.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָסַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2628/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.38/)

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זֶ֥רַע רַ֖ב תּוֹצִ֣יא הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּמְעַ֣ט תֶּאֱסֹ֔ף כִּ֥י יַחְסְלֶ֖נּוּ הָאַרְבֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* seed much you.will.take.out the field and little you.will.gather (dm) it will.consume.it the locust\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

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