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title: חָסַם — stop up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָסַם (2629), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: stop up. BDB 1906: vb. stop up, muzzle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָסַם

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«חָסַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stop up** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2629 · **BDB:** חָסַם

### Glosses

\[will.be\].blocking.the.way.of (1); you.will.muzzle (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stop up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2629/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. stop up, muzzle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2629/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. stop up, muzzle (NH id., חסום muzzle; Aramaic חֲסַם bind up fast)— Impf. לֹא תַחְסֹם שׁוֹר בְּדִישׁוֹ Dt 25:4 thou shalt not muzzle an ox when it is treading (i.e. threshing); Pt. וְחֹסֶמֶת היא Eze 39:11 and it shall stop (the way of) the passers-by; but read וְחָֽסְמוּ את־הַגַּיְא and they shall stop up the valley, Co v. 𝔊 𝔖 Hi.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָסַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2629/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.4/)

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לֹא־תַחְסֹ֥ם שׁ֖וֹר בְּדִישֽׁוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* not you.will.muzzle an.ox when threshes it

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

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[Ezekiel 39:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.39.11/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה בַיּ֣וֹם הַה֡וּא אֶתֵּ֣ן לְגוֹג֩ ׀ מְקֽוֹם־שָׁ֨ם קֶ֜בֶר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל גֵּ֤י הָעֹֽבְרִים֙ קִדְמַ֣ת הַיָּ֔ם וְחֹסֶ֥מֶת הִ֖יא אֶת־הָעֹֽבְרִ֑ים וְקָ֣בְרוּ שָׁ֗ם אֶת־גּוֹג֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־הֲמוֹנֹ֔הוְקָ֣רְא֔וּ גֵּ֖יא הֲמ֥וֹנ גּֽוֹג גֵּ֖יא הֲמ֥וֹנ גּֽוֹג גֵּ֖יא הֲמ֥וֹנ גּֽוֹג׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be on the day (the) that I.will.give to Gog a.place (of).there a.burial.site in Israel the.valley of \[those.who\].pass.through the.east of the.sea and \[will.be\].blocking.the.way.of it (et) \[those who\].pass.through and people.will.bury there (et) Gog and (et) all multitude his and they.will.call.\[it\] the.valley of Hamon-Gog

*JPS 1917:* And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place fit for burial in Israel, the valley of them that pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop them that pass through; and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it the valley of Hamon-gog.

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