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title: יָקוּשׁ — entangled · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָקוּשׁ (3353), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: entangled. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָקוּשׁ

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«יָקוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **entangled** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 3353 · **BDB:** יָקוּשׁ

### Glosses

of.a.fowler (3); fowlers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

entangled [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3353/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] id.; פַּח יָקוּשׁ ψ 91:3; כְּצִפּוֹר מִיַּד יָקוּשׁ Pr 6:5; pl. יְקוּשִׁים Je 5:26 (in sim.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָקוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3353/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 91:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.3/)

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כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַ֭צִּֽילְךָ מִפַּ֥ח יָק֗וּשׁ מִדֶּ֥בֶר הַוּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he he will.deliver.you from.\[the\] snare of.a.fowler from a.plague of.destruction(s)

*JPS 1917:* That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

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[Proverbs 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.5/)

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הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃פ

*Word for word:* deliver.yourself like a.gazelle from a.hand and like a.bird from.\[the\] hand of.a.fowler

*JPS 1917:* Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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