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title: מַדְחֵפָה — thrust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַדְחֵפָה (4073), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: thrust. BDB 1906: n.f. thrust. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַדְחֵפָה

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«מַדְחֵפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thrust** — 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:** 4073 · **BDB:** מַדְחֵפָה

### Glosses

blows (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thrust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4073/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thrust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4073/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. thrust, ψ 140:12 יְצוּדֶנּוּ לְמַדְחֵפֹת (evil) shall hunt him with thrust upon thrust (Che, cf. De).

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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, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַדְחֵפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4073/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 140:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.12/)

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אִ֥ישׁ לָשׁוֹן֮ בַּל־יִכּ֪וֹן בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץ אִישׁ־חָמָ֥ס רָ֑ע יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּ לְמַדְחֵפֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.tongue not let.him.be.established in the land a.person of.violence trouble let it.hunt.him for blows

*JPS 1917:* A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.

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