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title: מָהַל — circumcise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָהַל (4107), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: circumcise. BDB 1906: vb. circumcise, weaken. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָהַל

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«מָהַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **circumcise** — 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:** 4107 · **BDB:** מָהַל

### Glosses

\[has.been\].mixed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

circumcise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4107/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. circumcise, weaken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4107/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. circumcise, weaken (si vera l.; cf. NH מָהַל circumcise, Aramaic מְהַל id.);—only fig. Pt. pass. סָבְאֵךְ מָהוּל בַּמָּ֑יִם Is 1:22 thy choice wine weakened with water, so Thes De Che Comm Di Du; cf. vinum castrare, Plin xix. 53: Ba Erkl. d. Jes. Che Hpt (cf. Nö ZMG xl. 1886, 741) comp. NH מוהל, juice (of fruit, especially olives); Arabic مُهْلٌ oil, liquid pitch, suppurating matter; v. against this Di.

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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 (1 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 «מָהַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4107/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 1:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.22/)

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כַּסְפֵּ֖ךְ הָיָ֣ה לְסִיגִ֑ים סָבְאֵ֖ךְ מָה֥וּל בַּמָּֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* silver your it.has.become (into) dross(es) drink your \[has.been\].mixed with (the) water

*JPS 1917:* Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

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