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title: חַשְׁמַנִּים — ambassadors · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַשְׁמַנִּים (2831), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ambassadors. BDB 1906: n.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַשְׁמַנִּים

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«חַשְׁמַנִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ambassadors** — 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:** 2831 · **BDB:** חַשְׁמַן

### Glosses

envoys (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ambassadors [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2831/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2831/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. only pl. חַשְׁמַנִּים ψ 68:32; meaning unknown, 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 ambassadors, Rabb. nobles, conject. from context; doubtless textual error.; NesJBL 1891, 152 proposes בשׁמנים they shall come with oils, ointments, Hilg Che (after Aq Jer) חָשִׁם hasting.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «חַשְׁמַנִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2831/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.32/)

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יֶאֱתָ֣יוּ חַ֭שְׁמַנִּים מִנִּ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם כּ֥וּשׁ תָּרִ֥יץ יָ֝דָ֗יו לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.will.come envoys from Egypt Cush it.will.cause.to.run hands its to God

*JPS 1917:* Nobles shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God.

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