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title: מְזִיחַ — belt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְזִיחַ (4206), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: belt. BDB 1906: n.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְזִיחַ

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«מְזִיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **belt** — 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:** 4206 · **BDB:** מְזִיחַ

### Glosses

belt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

belt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4206/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4206/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. id. (of like orig.):—only cstr. מ׳ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּה Jb 12:21 loosen the girdle of mighty; i.e. weaken them, make them defenceless, by ungirding.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְזִיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4206/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.21/)

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שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וּמְזִ֖יחַ אֲפִיקִ֣ים רִפָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].pouring contempt on noble.\[people\] and.\[the\] belt of.strong.people he.loosens

*JPS 1917:* He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.

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