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title: מַהֲתַלּוֹת — illusions · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַהֲתַלּוֹת (4123), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: illusions. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. deception. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַהֲתַלּוֹת

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«מַהֲתַלּוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **illusions** — 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:** 4123 · **BDB:** מַהֲתַלּוֹת

### Glosses

deception(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

illusions [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4123/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. deception [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4123/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. deception;—Is 30:10.’

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַהֲתַלּוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4123/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 30:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.10/)

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אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ לָֽרֹאִים֙ לֹ֣א תִרְא֔וּ וְלַ֣חֹזִ֔ים לֹ֥א תֶחֱזוּ־לָ֖נוּ נְכֹח֑וֹת דַּבְּרוּ־לָ֣נוּ חֲלָק֔וֹת חֲז֖וּ מַהֲתַלּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* who they.have.said to the seers not you.must.see and to the seers not you.must.see for us straightforwardness(es) speak to us flattering.\[words\] see deception(s)

*JPS 1917:* That say to the seers: 'See not,' and to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions;

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