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title: מַאֲוַיִּים — blemish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַאֲוַיִּים (3970), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: blemish. BDB 1906: desire. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַאֲוַיִּים

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«מַאֲוַיִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blemish** — 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:** 3970 · **BDB:** מַאֲוַי

### Glosses

\[the\].desires (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blemish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3970/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

desire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3970/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] desire pl. cstr. מַאֲוַיֵּי רָשָׁע ψ 140:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַאֲוַיִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3970/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 140:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.9/)

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אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֭הוָה מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע זְמָמ֥וֹ אַל־תָּ֝פֵ֗ק יָר֥וּמוּ סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* do.not grant O.Yahweh \[the\].desires of.\[the\].wicked plan his do.not cause.to.accomplish they.will.arise Selah

*JPS 1917:* Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves.

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