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title: לוּשׁ — knead · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לוּשׁ (3888), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: knead. BDB 1906: vb. knead. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לוּשׁ

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«לוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **knead** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 3888 · **BDB:** לוּשׁ

### Glosses

she.kneaded.\[it\] (2); \[are\].kneading (1); knead.\[it\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knead [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3888/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. knead [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3888/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. knead (NH id.; Aramaic לוּשׁ, ܠܳܫ, Ethiopic ሎሠ: or ሎሰ: );— Impf. 3 fs. וַּתָּ֫לָשׁ 1 S 28:24; 2 S 13:8 Qr (Kt ושׁ-); Imv. fs. ל֫וּשִׁי Gn 18:6; Inf. cstr. מִלּוּשׁ Ho 7:4; Pt. fpl. לָשׁוֹת Je 7:18;—knead (obj. not expr. = קֶמַח סֹלֶת) Gn 18:6 (J), cf. 1 S 28:24; obj. בָּצֵק dough Ho 7:4; Je 7:18 cf. 2 S 13:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3888/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.7.4/)

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כֻּלָּם֙ מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים כְּמ֣וֹ תַנּ֔וּר בֹּעֵ֖רָה מֵֽאֹפֶ֑ה יִשְׁבּ֣וֹת מֵעִ֔יר מִלּ֥וּשׁ בָּצֵ֖ק עַד־חֻמְצָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* of.them all \[are\].adulterers like an.oven \[which\].burns from a.baker \[who\].he.ceases stirring.up from kneading \[the\].dough until it is.leavened

*JPS 1917:* They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth to stir from the kneading of the dough until it be leavened.

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[Genesis 18:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.6/)

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וַיְמַהֵ֧ר אַבְרָהָ֛ם הָאֹ֖הֱלָה אֶל־שָׂרָ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מַהֲרִ֞י שְׁלֹ֤שׁ סְאִים֙ קֶ֣מַח סֹ֔לֶת ל֖וּשִׁי וַעֲשִׂ֥י עֻגֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.hurried Abraham to the tent to Sarah and he.said bring.quickly three seahs flour fine.flour knead.\[it\] and make bread.cakes

*JPS 1917:* And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: 'Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.'

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