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title: חָשֹׁךְ — obscure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָשֹׁךְ (2823), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: obscure. BDB 1906: adj. obscure, low. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָשֹׁךְ

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«חָשֹׁךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **obscure** — 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:** 2823 · **BDB:** חָשֹׁךְ

### Glosses

insignificant.\[people\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

obscure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2823/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. obscure, low [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2823/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** () adj. obscure, low, only mpl. as subst.; בַּל־יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי חֲשֻׁכִּים Pr 22:29 he shall not stand before obscure men (opp. לפני־מלכים).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָשֹׁךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2823/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 22:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.29/)

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חָזִ֡יתָ אִ֤ישׁ ׀ מָ֘הִ֤יר בִּמְלַאכְתּ֗וֹ לִֽפְנֵֽי־מְלָכִ֥ים יִתְיַצָּ֑ב בַּל־יִ֝תְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵ֥י חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* you.see a.person skilled in work his before kings he.will.take.his.stand not he.will.take.his.stand before insignificant.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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