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title: מַהֲלֻמוֹת — strokes · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַהֲלֻמוֹת (4112), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: strokes. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. strokes, blows. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַהֲלֻמוֹת

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«מַהֲלֻמוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strokes** — 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:** 4112 · **BDB:** מַהֲלֻמֿוֹת

### Glosses

beatings (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strokes [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4112/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. strokes, blows [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4112/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. strokes, blows (cf. Ph. מהלם stroke, stamp, impression, once on a coin מהלם אגדר coinage of Gader (Gades), = percussura, κόμμα, Ges Mon. pl. 40, xv. c also p. 307)—Pr 18:6 (cf. Baer) 19:29, both times of blows on the body.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַהֲלֻמוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4112/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 19:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.29/)

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נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.prepared for (the) mockers judgments and beatings for.\[the\] back of.fools

*JPS 1917:* Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

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[Proverbs 18:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.6/)

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שִׂפְתֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל יָבֹ֣אֽוּ בְרִ֑יב וּ֝פִ֗יו לְֽמַהֲלֻמ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].lips of.a.fool they.go in strife and mouth his for beatings it.calls

*JPS 1917:* A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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