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title: טוּחַ — over-spread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טוּחַ (2902), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: over-spread. BDB 1906: vb. over-spread, over-lay, coat, besmear. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טוּחַ

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«טוּחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **over-spread** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 2902 · **BDB:** טוּחַ

### Glosses

was.plastered (2); who\].plastered (2); you.plastered (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

over-spread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2902/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. over-spread, over-lay, coat, besmear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2902/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. over-spread, over-lay, coat, besmear (NH id.; Aramaic id.; cf. Arabic طَاخَ re foeda contaminatus fuit, or contaminavit; مُطَيَّخٌ camel smeared with tar);— Pf. 3 ms. וְטָח consec. Lv 14:42 (on טַח Is 44:18 v. טחח); 3 pl. טָחוּ Ez 22:28; טַחְתֶּם Ez 13:12, 14; Inf. cstr. לָטוּחַ 1 Ch 29:4; Pt. pl. טָחִים Ez 13:10 + 2 times; cstr. טָחֵי Ez 13:11; only P Ez Ch;—over-spread, coat (c. acc. of house) with earth (clay, עָפָר) Lv 14:42; over-lay (walls with gold and silver) c. acc. of wall 1 Ch 29:4; metaph. of coating over Jerusalem, under fig. of a wall, with a superficial coating, to hide its real weakness Ez 13:15 (acc. of wall), v 12 c. acc. of coating (טִיחַ); with תָּפֵל (q.v.) v 11; c. 2 acc. v 10, 14, 15; cf. וּנְבִיאֶיהָ טָחוּ להם תָּפֵל Ez 22:28 where sf. ref. to oppressive nobles, i.e. the prophets ‘whitewash’ for them (their evil deeds). Inf. cstr. הִטּוֹחַ be coated (with עפר) Lv 14:43; and, fully, הִטֹּחַ את־הבית 14:48 (both P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טוּחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2902/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 13:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.12/)

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וְהִנֵּ֖ה נָפַ֣ל הַקִּ֑יר הֲלוֹא֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אַיֵּ֥ה הַטִּ֖יחַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר טַחְתֶּֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and there! it.has.fallen the wall ? not will.it.be.said to you where? \[is\].the plaster which you.plastered

*JPS 1917:* and, lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you: Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

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[1 Chronicles 29:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.29.4/)

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שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֛ים כִּכְּרֵ֥י זָהָ֖ב מִזְּהַ֣ב אוֹפִ֑יר וְשִׁבְעַ֨ת אֲלָפִ֤ים כִּכַּר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מְזֻקָּ֔ק לָט֖וּחַ קִיר֥וֹת הַבָּתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* three thousand(s) talents of.gold from the.gold of.Ophir and seven thousand(s) talent\[s\] of.silver refined to overlay the.walls of the.houses

*JPS 1917:* even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses;

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