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title: מֵחַ — fatling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵחַ (4220), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: fatling. BDB 1906: fatling. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵחַ

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«מֵחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fatling** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4220 · **BDB:** מֵחַ²

### Glosses

of.fatlings (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fatling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4220/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

fatling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4220/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] fatling (Ph. מח fat (adj.); NH מֵיחָא fig. of choice flour);—only pl. abs.: עֹלוֹת מֵיחִים ψ 66:15 burnt offerings of fatlings; so מֵחִים Is 5:17 (‖ כְּבָשִׂים) according to Hi Du CheHpt (read חֳרָבוֹת and del. גָּרִים); most, fat ones, fig. for rich men.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4220/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 5:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.17/)

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וְרָע֥וּ כְבָשִׂ֖ים כְּדָבְרָ֑ם וְחָרְב֥וֹת מֵחִ֖ים גָּרִ֥ים יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.graze lambs like their.own pasture and.\[the\] ruins of.fatlings \[those.who\].sojourn they.will.eat

*JPS 1917:* Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.

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[Psalms 66:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.66.15/)

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עֹ֘ל֤וֹת מֵחִ֣ים אַעֲלֶה־לָּ֭ךְ עִם־קְטֹ֣רֶת אֵילִ֑ים אֶ֥עֱשֶֽׂה בָקָ֖ר עִם־עַתּוּדִ֣ים סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* burnt.offerings of.fatlings I.will.offer.up to you with \[the\].smoke of.rams I.will.offer cattle with goats Selah

*JPS 1917:* I will offer unto Thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, with the sweet smoke of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats.

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