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title: מֹחַ — marrow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹחַ (4221), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: marrow. BDB 1906: n.m. marrow. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹחַ

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«מֹחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **marrow** — 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:** 4221 · **BDB:** מֹחַ

### Glosses

the.marrow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

marrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4221/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. marrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4221/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. marrow (NH מוֹחַ, Arabic مُخٌّ, Aramaic מוֹחָא, ܡܽܘܚܳܐ all narrow, brain);—only cstr. מֹחַ עַצְמוֹתָיו יְשֻׁקֶּה Jb 21:24 fig. of prosperity.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4221/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 21:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.24/)

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עֲ֭טִינָיו מָלְא֣וּ חָלָ֑ב וּמֹ֖חַ עַצְמוֹתָ֣יו יְשֻׁקֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* pails his they.are.full milk and the.marrow his.bones his it.is.watered

*JPS 1917:* His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.

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