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title: מַדְוֶה — sickness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַדְוֶה (4064), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sickness. BDB 1906: n.m. sickness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַדְוֶה

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«מַדְוֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sickness** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4064 · **BDB:** מַדְוֶה

### Glosses

(the).disease (1); the.diseases (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sickness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4064/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sickness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4064/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dt 7:15 sickness—cstr. sg. מַדְוֵה מִצְרַיִם Dt 28:60 (read מַדְוֵי pl., as 7:15?); cstr. pl. מַדְוֵי מִצְרַיִם Dt 7:15 (both ‖ חֳלִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַדְוֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4064/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.60/)

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וְהֵשִׁ֣יב בְּךָ֗ אֵ֚ת כָּל־מַדְוֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָגֹ֖רְתָּ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם וְדָבְק֖וּ בָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.bring.back on you (et) every (the).disease of.Egypt which you.were.afraid of them and they.will.cling to you

*JPS 1917:* And He will bring back upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast in dread of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

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[Deuteronomy 7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.15/)

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וְהֵסִ֧יר יְהוָ֛ה מִמְּךָ֖ כָּל־חֹ֑לִי וְכָל־מַדְוֵי֩ מִצְרַ֨יִם הָרָעִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָדַ֗עְתָּ לֹ֤א יְשִׂימָם֙ בָּ֔ךְ וּנְתָנָ֖ם בְּכָל־שֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.remove Yahweh from you every sickness and all the.diseases of.Egypt (the) harmful which you.experienced not he will.put.them on you and he will.set.them on all \[those who\].hate.you

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness; and He will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

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