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title: חֲשַׁשׁ — chaff · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲשַׁשׁ (2842), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: chaff. BDB 1906: n.m. chaff. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲשַׁשׁ

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«חֲשַׁשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chaff** — 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:** 2842 · **BDB:** חֲשַׁשׁ

### Glosses

dry.grass (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chaff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2842/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. chaff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2842/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 5:24 chaff;—abs. תַּהֲרוּ ח׳ תִלְדוּ קַשׁ Is 33:11 ye conceive chaff, ye bring forth stubble (fig. of vain attempt of Assyrian); cstr. ח׳ לֶהָבָה יִרְפֶּח Is 5:24 (‖ קַשׁ) as flaming chaff sinketh down (sim. of perishing of heedless Judahites).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «חֲשַׁשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2842/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 33:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.11/)

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תַּהֲר֥וּ חֲשַׁ֖שׁ תֵּ֣לְדוּ קַ֑שׁ רוּחֲכֶ֕ם אֵ֖שׁ תֹּאכַלְכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* you.will.conceive dry.grass you.will.give.birth.to stubble breath your \[is\].a.fire \[which\].it will.consume.you

*JPS 1917:* Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

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[Isaiah 5:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.24/)

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לָכֵן֩ כֶּאֱכֹ֨ל קַ֜שׁ לְשׁ֣וֹן אֵ֗שׁ וַחֲשַׁ֤שׁ לֶֽהָבָה֙ יִרְפֶּ֔ה שָׁרְשָׁם֙ כַּמָּ֣ק יִֽהְיֶ֔ה וּפִרְחָ֖ם כָּאָבָ֣ק יַעֲלֶ֑ה כִּ֣י מָאֲס֗וּ אֵ֚ת תּוֹרַת֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְאֵ֛ת אִמְרַ֥ת קְדֽוֹשׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נִאֵֽצוּ׃

*Word for word:* therefore as consumes stubble a.tongue of.fire and dry.grass a.flame it.sinks.down root their like (the) rottenness it.will.be and blossom their like (the) dust it.will.go.up (dm) they.have.rejected (et) the.law of.Yahweh of.hosts and (et) the.word of.the.holy.\[one\] of.Israel they.have.spurned

*JPS 1917:* Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the chaff is consumed in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and contemned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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