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title: טָפַשׁ — be gross · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָפַשׁ (2954), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be gross. BDB 1906: vb. be gross. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָפַשׁ

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«טָפַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be gross** — 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:** 2954 · **BDB:** טָפַשׁ

### Glosses

it.is.insensitive (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be gross [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2954/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be gross [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2954/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be gross (NH Hithp. grow stupid, and deriv., Aramaic טְפֵשׁ, for Heb. שׁמן Is 6:11, Ithp. be stupid; cf. Assyrian ṭapâšu, be abundant, large, GuyJAS 1883, Août-Sept. 189)—metaph. טָפַשׁ כַּחֵלָב לִבָּ֑ם ψ 119:70 their heart is gross, like fat.

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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 «טָפַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2954/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.70/)

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טָפַ֣שׁ כַּחֵ֣לֶב לִבָּ֑ם אֲ֝נִ֗י תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* it.is.insensitive like (the) fat heart their I law your I.delight

*JPS 1917:* Their heart is gross like fat; but I delight in Thy law.

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