---
title: טָעַן — pierce · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָעַן (2944), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: pierce. BDB 1906: vb. pierce. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2944.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1496.md)‎ / טָעַן‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# טָעַן

<!-- .meta -->
«טָעַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pierce** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2944 · **BDB:** טָעַן²

### Glosses

\[those.who.were\].pierced (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pierce [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2944/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pierce [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2944/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pierce (Aramaic Pa. טָעֵן pierce; Arabic طَعَنَ pierce, wound, goad)—only Pt. מְטֹעֲנֵי חָ֑רֶב Is 14:19 those pierced with a sword.

<!-- .note -->
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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָעַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2944/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Isaiah 14:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.19/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וְאַתָּ֞ה הָשְׁלַ֤כְתָּ מִֽקִּבְרְךָ֙ כְּנֵ֣צֶר נִתְעָ֔ב לְב֥וּשׁ הֲרֻגִ֖ים מְטֹ֣עֲנֵי חָ֑רֶב יוֹרְדֵ֥י אֶל־אַבְנֵי־ב֖וֹר כְּפֶ֥גֶר מוּבָֽס׃

*Word for word:* and you you.have.been.thrown.out from tomb your like a.shoot abhorred \[the\].clothing of.\[those.who.were\].killed \[those.who.were\].pierced of.\[the\].sword \[those.who\].go.down to \[the\].stones of.\[the\].pit like a.corpse trodden.down

*JPS 1917:* But thou art cast forth away from thy grave like an abhorred offshoot, in the raiment of the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the pavement of the pit, as a carcass trodden under foot.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [טָעַן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2943.md)
- next →: [טַף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2945.md)
- ↑ back to [ט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1496.md)