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title: טָחַן — grind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָחַן (2912), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: grind. BDB 1906: vb. grind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָחַן

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«טָחַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **grind** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 2912 · **BDB:** טָחַן

### Glosses

I.ground.\[it\] (1); grind (1); grinding (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2912/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. grind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2912/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grind (NH crush, olives, etc.; Aramaic ܛܚܶܢ, טְחַן grind; Arabic طَحَنَ grind; Ethiopic ጥሕን polenta, farina hordacea)— Pf. וְטָֽחֲנוּ Nu 11:8; Impf. וַיִּטְחַן Ex 32:20; 3 fs. תִּטְחַן Jb 31:10; 2 mpl. תִּטְחָ֑נוּ Is 3:15; Inf. abs. טָחוֹן Dt 9:21; Imv. fs. טַחֲנִי Is 47:2; Pt. טוֹחֵן Ju 16:21; טֹחֲנוֹת Ec 12:3;—grind, the work of women, c. acc., with millstones רֵחַיִם Nu 11:8 (JE; obj. the manna), Is 47:2 (obj. קָ֑מַח), this fig. of humiliation of Babylon; abs. Ju 16:21; תטחן לאחר אשׁתי Jb 31:10, i.e. serve him as his slave; no obj. expr. Ex 32:20 (E), Dt 9:21 (of golden calf); הַטֹּחֲנוֹת Ec 12:3 = the teeth (cf. Arabic طَوَاحِنُ molar teeth; so in Lexx Syriac ܛܰܚܳܢܴ̈ܬܳܐ, ܛܰܚ̈ܢܳܝܳܬܳܐ); פְּנֵי עֲנִיִּים ט׳ Is 3:15 the face of the poor ye grind, fig. of extreme oppression.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָחַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2912/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 31:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.10/)

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תִּטְחַ֣ן לְאַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ יִכְרְע֥וּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃

*Word for word:* let.her.grind for another wife my and over her let them.bow.down others

*JPS 1917:* Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

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[Isaiah 47:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.2/)

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קְחִ֥י רֵחַ֖יִם וְטַ֣חֲנִי קָ֑מַח גַּלִּ֨י צַמָּתֵ֧ךְ חֶשְׂפִּי־שֹׁ֛בֶל גַּלִּי־שׁ֖וֹק עִבְרִ֥י נְהָרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* take a.hand-mill and grind flour uncover veil your strip.off a.skirt uncover a.leg pass.through rivers

*JPS 1917:* Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

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