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title: טָוָה — spin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָוָה (2901), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: spin. BDB 1906: vb. spin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָוָה

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«טָוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spin** — 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:** 2901 · **BDB:** טָוָה

### Glosses

they.spun (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2901/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. spin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2901/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spin (NH id.; Aramaic מַטְוַוְיְתָא spider Jb 8:14 𝔗 (but Syriac ܛܘܳܐ = roast, broil, v. DrJPh. xi, 1882, 207); Assyrian ṭamû (ṭawû), spin, HptZA 1887, 274 DlHWB 302; Arabic طَوَى fold, wind; Ethiopic ጠወየ be twisted)— Pf. 3 pl. טָווּ work of women of Isr. Ex 35:25 abs., v 26 sq. acc. אֶת־הָעִזִּים goats, i.e. goats’ hair (P).

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2901/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 35:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.35.26/)

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וְכָל־הַ֨נָּשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָשָׂ֥א לִבָּ֛ן אֹתָ֖נָה בְּחָכְמָ֑ה טָו֖וּ אֶת־הָעִזִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and all the women whom it.lifted heart their them with skill they.spun (et) the.goat hair(s)

*JPS 1917:* And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.

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[Exodus 35:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.35.25/)

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וְכָל־אִשָּׁ֥ה חַכְמַת־לֵ֖ב בְּיָדֶ֣יהָ טָו֑וּ וַיָּבִ֣יאוּ מַטְוֶ֗ה אֶֽת־הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וְאֶת־הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן אֶת־תּוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וְאֶת־הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and every woman skillful of.heart with hands her they.spun and they.brought that.which.was.spun (et) the.violet stuff and (et) the purple (et) the.scarlet.stuff of the.scarlet and (et) the.fine linen

*JPS 1917:* And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

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