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title: טָמָה — we are stopped up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָמָה (2933), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: we are stopped up. BDB 1906: vb. e.g. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָמָה

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«טָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **we are stopped up** — 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:** 2933 · **BDB:** טָמָה

### Glosses

are.we.considered.stupid? (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

we are stopped up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2933/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. e.g. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2933/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Pf. נִטְמִינוּ we are stopped up, stupid Jb 18:3 so Thes MV Di De Zö (Aramaic טַמֵּם, טַמְטֵם stop up (e.g. of ear or heart), ܛܰܡܶܡ, etc., and deriv.; Arabic طَمَّ fill or choke up); 𝔙 Ew Hgst AV RV Da SS take it as metaplastic for נִטְמֵאנוּ we are regarded as unclean, see Ew§ 198 b Köi, 614; 𝔊 reads נִדְמִינוּ σεσιωπήκαμεν; 𝔗 טְמַעֲנָא.

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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, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2933/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.3/)

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מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* why? are.we.regarded like (the) cattle are.we.considered.stupid? in eyes your

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?

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