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title: יֵרָקוֹן — mildew · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֵרָקוֹן (3420), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: mildew. BDB 1906: n.m. mildew, paleness, lividness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֵרָקוֹן

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«יֵרָקוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mildew** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 3420 · **BDB:** יֵרָקוֹן

### Glosses

mildew (5); paleness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mildew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3420/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. mildew, paleness, lividness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3420/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. mildew, paleness, lividness; rust Am 4:9 Dt 28:22 1 K 8:37 Hg 2:17 2 Ch 6:28 (all ‖ שִׁדָּפוֹן). paleness (of face) Je 30:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 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 «יֵרָקוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3420/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 30:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.30.6/)

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שַׁאֲלוּ־נָ֣א וּרְא֔וּ אִם־יֹלֵ֖ד זָכָ֑ר מַדּוּעַ֩ רָאִ֨יתִי כָל־גֶּ֜בֶר יָדָ֤יו עַל־חֲלָצָיו֙ כַּיּ֣וֹלֵדָ֔ה וְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּ כָל־פָּנִ֖ים לְיֵרָקֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* ask please and see if \[is\].giving.birth a.male why? have.I.seen every man hands his \[are\].on loins his like.(the) \[woman who\].gives.birth and have.they.been.changed? all faces into paleness

*JPS 1917:* Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child; wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

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[Haggai 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAG.2.17/)

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הִכֵּ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בַּשִּׁדָּפ֤וֹן וּבַיֵּֽרָקוֹן֙ וּבַבָּרָ֔ד אֵ֖ת כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְדֵיכֶ֑ם וְאֵין־אֶתְכֶ֥ם אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* I.struck you with (the) blight and with (the) mildew and with (the) hail (et) all the.work your.hands your and not you \[were\].to me the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye turned not to Me, saith the LORD —

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