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title: מוֹט — totter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹט (4131), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 40 times: totter. BDB 1906: vb. Niph. Hithpoʿl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹט

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«מוֹט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **totter** — 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:** 40 times · **Key:** 4131 · **BDB:** מוֹט

### Glosses

it.will.be.shaken (8); I.will.be.shaken (5); he.will.be.shaken (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

totter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4131/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Niph. Hithpoʿl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4131/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. totter, shake, slip (usually poet.) (NH id., der. species; Aramaic ܡܳܛ, מוּט; Arabic مَاطَ (med. י) remove, retire; deviate from right course; repel, push, thrust; Ethiopic ሜጠ turn; Assyrian maṭû is dwindle, diminish, grow weak DlHWB 405; \> denom. from מוט pole, bar DlProl. 184 GerberVerb. denom. 195 f., cf. Buhl);— Pf. 3 fs. מָ֫טָה ψ 60:4 + 2 times; 3 pl. מָ֫טוּ ψ 46:7; Impf. 3 fs. תָּמוּט Dt 32:35; Is 54:10; 3 fpl. תְּמוּטֶינָה Is 54:10; Inf. cstr. מוֹט ψ 38:17; 46:3; abs. id. Is 24:19; Pt. מָט Pr 25:26; pl. מָטִים Pr 24:11;—totter, slip, subj. רֶגֶל (fig. of insecurity) Dt 32:35 ψ 38:17; 94:18: cf. (without רֶגֶל) Pr 24:11 מ׳ לַהֶרֶג; מ׳ לִפְנֵי־רָשָׁע 25:26; shake, intr., subj. יָד Lv 25:35 (H; of feebleness); subj. גְּבָעוֹת Is 54:10 (‖ מוּשׁ); מ׳ הָרִים בְּלֵב יַמִּים ψ 46:3 (‖ הֵמִיר, cf. מור) (both symb. of extreme insecurity); cf. subj. בְּרִית Is 54:10; subj. מַמְלָכוֹת ψ 46:7; subj. אֶרֶץ (= land) ψ 60:4; cf. Is 24:19 (v. sub Hithp.) Pf. 3 pl. נָמ֫וֹטוּ ψ 17:5; Impf. יִמּוֹט ψ 15:5 + 8 times, etc.;—all poet., mostly c. neg. (בַּל 13 times; לֹא 6 times), be shaken, moved, overthrown, of idols Is 40:20; 41:7; of scales of crocodile Jb 41:15; of תֵּבֵל 1 Ch 16:30 = ψ 93:1; 96:10; of אֶרֶץ ψ 104:5; of הַר־צִיּוֹן ψ 125:1, cf. 46:6; fig. of general disorder (no neg.), subj. מוֹסְדֵי אֶרֶץ ψ 82:5; often of (un)righteous, as secure, ψ (10:6) 15:5; 16:8; 21:8; 30:7; 62:3, 7; 112:6 Pr 10:30; 12:3 (subj. שֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים); cf. (without neg.) ψ 13:5; 140:11 Qr (so appar. 𝔊 AV RV; but meaning of Niph. not suitable; Kt Hiph. q.v.); fig. of steadfast obedience (subj. פְּעָמַי) ψ 17:5. Impf. 3 mpl. יָמִ֫יטוּ ψ 55:4; 140:11 Kt (Qr Niph.);—dislodge, let fall, drop יָמִיטוּ עָלַי אָ֫וֶן ψ 55:4; cf. וימיטו עֲלֵיהֶם גֶּחָלִים 140:11 Kt, and may they drop coals upon them, De al.; יַמְטִיר (Hup Gr Bae Dr), wh. Bi Che insert. Hithpoʿl. Pf. 3 fs. מוֹט הִתְמוֹטְטָה Is 24:19 be greatly shaken (subj. אֶרֶץ, in judgment of י׳; ‖ רעע, פרר, Hithp.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4131/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.15/)

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מַפְּלֵ֣י בְשָׂר֣וֹ דָבֵ֑קוּ יָצ֥וּק עָ֝לָ֗יו בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃

*Word for word:* the.hanging.parts its.flesh his they.cling \[it.is\].hard to it not it.is.moved

*JPS 1917:* The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

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[Psalms 17:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.5/)

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תָּמֹ֣ךְ אֲ֭שֻׁרַי בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָ בַּל־נָמ֥וֹטּוּ פְעָמָֽי׃

*Word for word:* they.have.held.firm steps my in tracks your not they.have.been.shaken footsteps my

*JPS 1917:* My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.

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