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title: מוּשׁ — depart · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוּשׁ (4185), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: depart. BDB 1906: vb. depart, remove Qal Hiph. 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: **depart** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 4185 · **BDB:** מוּשׁ

### Glosses

it.will.depart (4); it.departs (2); it.will.be.removed (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

depart [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4185/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. depart, remove Qal Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4185/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Bö ii. 512 f.; but Thes Köi. 511 think purely ע׳׳ו\] vb. depart, remove (Arabic مَاسَ (י) is walk with elegant, proud, self-conceited gait);—Qal Pf. וּמָשׁ consec. Zc 14:4; וּמַשְׁתִּ֫י Zc 3:9; מָ֫שׁוּ Nu 14:44; Impf. יָמוּשׁ Jos 1:8 Is 54:10, etc.;—depart, mostly of inanimate things (= be removed) sq. מִן Jos 1:8 Is 59:21 Je 31:36; without prep. Pr 17:13 Qr, Is 22:25; 54:10(×2) (‖ מוֹט); sq. ה loc. Zc 14:4; sq. מִן pers. Ju 6:18; of both Nu 14:44; trans. remove, sq. acc. Zc 3:9. Hiph. Impf. יָמִישׁ Ex 13:22 + 6 times, etc.; remove, take away, sq. מִן Mi 2:3; sq. לְ v 4 (but 𝔊 Sta ZAW vi. 1886, 122 f. אֵין מֵשִׁיב for אֵיךְ יָמִישׁ); depart, sq. מִן pers. Ex 33:11; fig. recede Jb 23:12; of idol, leave its place, Is 46:7; of other inanimate things, sq. מִן Ex 13:22; fig. ψ 55:12 Pr 17:13 Kt (Qr יָמוּשׁ); without prep., abs., Na 3:1 subj. טֶרֶף; of righteous under fig. of tree, לֹא יָמִישׁ מֵעֲשׂוֹת פֶּ֑רִי Je 17:8, i.e. shall not cease.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 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/1502/4185/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.13/)

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מֵשִׁ֣יב רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה לֹא־תָמ֥וּשׁ רָ֝עָ֗ה מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].returns evil for good not it.will.depart evil from house his

*JPS 1917:* Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

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[Nahum 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.1/)

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ה֖וֹי עִ֣יר דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֙רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ טָֽרֶף׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! \[the\].city of.blood(s) of.it all lying plunder \[is\].full not it.will.depart prey

*JPS 1917:* Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

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