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title: מִדְחֶה — means of stumbling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִדְחֶה (4072), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: means of stumbling. BDB 1906: n.m. means occasion of stumbling. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִדְחֶה

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«מִדְחֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **means of stumbling** — 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:** 4072 · **BDB:** מִדְחֶה

### Glosses

calamity (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

means of stumbling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4072/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. means occasion of stumbling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4072/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. means or occasion of stumbling, Pr 26:28 פֶּה־חָלָק יַעֲשֶׂה מ׳ (‖ לְשׁוֹן־שֶׁקֶר יִשְׂנָא דַכָּו).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִדְחֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4072/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.28/)

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לְֽשׁוֹן־שֶׁ֭קֶר יִשְׂנָ֣א דַכָּ֑יו וּפֶ֥ה חָ֝לָ֗ק יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה מִדְחֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.tongue of.falsehood it.hates its.crushed \[people\] and a.mouth smooth it.makes calamity

*JPS 1917:* A lying tongue hateth those that are crushed by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

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