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title: טָנַף — soil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָנַף (2936), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: soil. BDB 1906: vb. soil, defile. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָנַף

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«טָנַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **soil** — 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:** 2936 · **BDB:** טָנַף

### Glosses

will (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

soil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2936/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. soil, defile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2936/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. soil, defile (NH Pi. id.; Aramaic Pa. טַנֵּף, ܛܰܢܶܦ; Assyrian ṭanâpu ii, i, DlPr 33; HWB 302; Arabic طَنِفَ is be suspicious, be intrinsically corrupt)— Impf. אֲטַנְּפֵם Ct 5:3 how should I soil them, i.e. my feet (poet. Aramaism).

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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 «טָנַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2936/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.3/)

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פָּשַׁ֙טְתִּי֙ אֶת־כֻּתָּנְתִּ֔י אֵיכָ֖כָה אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה רָחַ֥צְתִּי אֶת־רַגְלַ֖י אֵיכָ֥כָה אֲטַנְּפֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* I.have.stripped.off (et) tunic my how? will I.put.it.on I.have.washed (et) feet my how? will I.dirty.them

*JPS 1917:* I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

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