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title: מַהֲלָל — praise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַהֲלָל (4110), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: praise. BDB 1906: praise. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַהֲלָל

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«מַהֲלָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **praise** — 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:** 4110 · **BDB:** מַהֲלָל

### Glosses

his.praise (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

praise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4110/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

praise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4110/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] praise;—only in וְאִישׁ לְפִי מַהֲלָלוֹ Pr 27:21 the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man according to his praise, i.e. prob. according to the praise of him by others, which tests him; so De Str al.; perhaps however so let a man be to the mouth of his praise, i.e. that praises him,—testing the praise to determine its worth, Thes RobGes; other views are: according to the measure of his boasting Ew, i.e. is judged according to his success or failure in that of which he boasts; Hi according to the thing of which he boasts.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַהֲלָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4110/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.21/)

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מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ לְפִ֣י מַהֲלָלֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* a.crucible \[is\].for (the) silver and a.furnace \[is\].for (the) gold and a.person \[is\].to the.mouth his.praise his

*JPS 1917:* The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

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