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title: יָוֵן — mire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָוֵן (3121), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: mire. BDB 1906: mire. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָוֵן

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«יָוֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mire** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 3121 · **BDB:** יָוֵן

### Glosses

mire (1); the.mire (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3121/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

mire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3121/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] mire;—abs. מִטִּיט הַיָּוֵן ψ 40:3; cstr. טָבַעְתִּי בִיוֵן מְצוּלָה 69:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָוֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3121/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.3/)

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טָבַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בִּיוֵ֣ן מְ֭צוּלָה וְאֵ֣ין מָעֳמָ֑ד בָּ֥אתִי בְמַעֲמַקֵּי־מַ֝֗יִם וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃

*Word for word:* I.have.sunk in mire of.depth and there.\[is\].not a.foothold I.have.come in depths of.water and a.flood it has.overflowed.me

*JPS 1917:* I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.

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[Psalms 40:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.40.3/)

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וַיַּעֲלֵ֤נִי ׀ מִבּ֥וֹר שָׁאוֹן֮ מִטִּ֪יט הַיָּ֫וֵ֥ן וַיָּ֖קֶם עַל־סֶ֥לַע רַגְלַ֗י כּוֹנֵ֥ן אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he brought.me.up from a.pit of.roaring from the.mud of the.mire and he.set on a.rock feet my he.established steps my

*JPS 1917:* He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings.

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