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title: מוּשׁ — feel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוּשׁ (4184), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: feel. BDB 1906: vb. feel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוּשׁ

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«מוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **feel** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4184 · **BDB:** מוּשׁ²

### Glosses

let (1); that (1); they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

feel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4184/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. feel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4184/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. feel (NH id.; Aramaic ܡܳܫ, מוּשׁ id.; secondary form of משׁשׁ q.v.);— Impf. 1 s. sf. וַאֲמֻֽשְׁךָ Gn 27:21 draw near that I may feel thee. Impf. 3 mpl. יְדֵיהֶם וְלֹא יְמִישׁוּן ψ 115:7 as for their hands, they do not feel (of idols; ‖ רַגְלֵיהֶם וְלֹא יְהַלֵּ֑כוּ); Imv. sf. וַהֲמִישֵׁנִי Ju 16:26 Qr (Kt והימשׁני, v. ימשׁ), but read וַהֲמִשֵּׁנִי, v. משׁשׁ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4184/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 115:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.115.7/)

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יְדֵיהֶ֤ם ׀ וְלֹ֬א יְמִישׁ֗וּן רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם וְלֹ֣א יְהַלֵּ֑כוּ לֹֽא־יֶ֝הְגּ֗וּ בִּגְרוֹנָֽם׃

*Word for word:* hands their and not they feel feet their and not they.walk not they.make.a.sound with throat their

*JPS 1917:* They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they with their throat.

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[Genesis 27:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.21/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִצְחָק֙ אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֔ב גְּשָׁה־נָּ֥א וַאֲמֻֽשְׁךָ֖ בְּנִ֑י הַֽאַתָּ֥ה זֶ֛ה בְּנִ֥י עֵשָׂ֖ו אִם־לֹֽא׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Isaac to Jacob draw near please so that I.may.feel.you my.son my \[are\] you? this son my Esau or? not

*JPS 1917:* And Isaac said unto Jacob: 'Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.'

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