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title: טָחָה — hurl · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָחָה (2909), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hurl. BDB 1906: vb. hurl, shoot Paʿlēl. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָחָה

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«טָחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hurl** — 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:** 2909 · **BDB:** טָחָה

### Glosses

shooters (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hurl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2909/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hurl, shoot Paʿlēl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2909/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hurl, shoot (NH id.; Arabic طَحَى spread, extend, carry far with, e.g. a ball Lane 1832c)—Paʿlēl Pt. (Ges§ 75 R. 18) pl. cstr. הַרְחֵק כִּמְטַחֲוֵי קֶשֶׁת Gn 21:16 (E), lit. making distant like shooters of a bow = about a bowshot off.

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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 (1 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 «טָחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2909/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 21:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.16/)

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וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב לָ֜הּ מִנֶּ֗גֶד הַרְחֵק֙ כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י קֶ֔שֶׁת כִּ֣י אָֽמְרָ֔ה אַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּמ֣וֹת הַיָּ֑לֶד וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב מִנֶּ֔גֶד וַתִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־קֹלָ֖הּ וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃

*Word for word:* and she.went and she.sat (for herself from before at.a.distance like.\[the\] shooters of.a.bow (dm) she.said not let.me.look on the.death of the.boy and she.sat from before and she.lifted.up (et) voice her and she.wept

*JPS 1917:* And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; for she said: 'Let me not look upon the death of the child.' And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

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