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title: טַחֲנָה — mill · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טַחֲנָה (2913), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: mill. BDB 1906: n.f. mill. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טַחֲנָה

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«טַחֲנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mill** — 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:** 2913 · **BDB:** טַחֲנָה

### Glosses

the.grinding.mill (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mill [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2913/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. mill [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2913/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. mill = foregoing, בִּשְׁפַל קוֹל הַטּ׳ Ec 12:4 when the sound of the mill is low (cf. v 3, sub vb. supr.)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טַחֲנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2913/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.4/)

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וְסֻגְּר֤וּ דְלָתַ֙יִם֙ בַּשּׁ֔וּק בִּשְׁפַ֖ל ק֣וֹל הַֽטַּחֲנָ֑ה וְיָקוּם֙ לְק֣וֹל הַצִּפּ֔וֹר וְיִשַּׁ֖חוּ כָּל־בְּנ֥וֹת הַשִּֽׁיר׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.shut.up \[the\].doors on the street when becomes.low the.sound of the.grinding.mill and someone.will.arise to the.sound of.(the) bird and they.will.be.reduced all the.daughters of.(the) song

*JPS 1917:* And the doors shall be shut in the street, when the sound of the grinding is low; and one shall start up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

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