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title: יֶשַׁח — emptiness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֶשַׁח (3445), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: emptiness. BDB 1906: emptiness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֶשַׁח

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«יֶשַׁח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **emptiness** — 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:** 3445 · **BDB:** יֶ֫שַׁח

### Glosses

emptiness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

emptiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3445/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

emptiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3445/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]? emptiness (of hunger), meaning conjectured from context; Mi 6:14 וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ (‖ תאכל ולא תִשְׂבָּ֔ע).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יֶשַׁח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3445/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 6:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.14/)

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אַתָּ֤ה תֹאכַל֙ וְלֹ֣א תִשְׂבָּ֔ע וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ֖ בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ וְתַסֵּג֙ וְלֹ֣א תַפְלִ֔יט וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּפַלֵּ֖ט לַחֶ֥רֶב אֶתֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* you you.will.eat and not you.will.be.satisfied and emptiness your \[will be\] in.your.midst and you.will.carry.away and not you.will.bring.to.safety and.\[that\] which you.will.bring.to.safety to the sword I.will.give

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy sickness shall be in thine inward parts; and thou shalt conceive, but shalt not bring forth; and whomsoever thou bringest forth will I give up to the sword.

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