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title: מַחֲלָה — sickness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲלָה (4245), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: sickness. BDB 1906: n.f. sickness, disease. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲלָה

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«מַחֲלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sickness** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4245 · **BDB:** מַחֲלָה

### Glosses

sickness (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sickness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4245/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sickness, disease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4245/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sickness, disease, מַחֲלָה Ex 15:26 + 3 times—sickness, disease (in gen.) Ex 23:25 (JE); so c. כל, 1 K 8:37 = 2 Ch 6:28 (‖ כל־נֶגַע), Ex 15:26 (JE; cf. אני יהוה רֹפְאֶ֑ךָ ad fin.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 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 (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4245/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 23:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.25/)

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וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֗ם אֵ֚ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵרַ֥ךְ אֶֽת־לַחְמְךָ֖ וְאֶת־מֵימֶ֑יךָ וַהֲסִרֹתִ֥י מַחֲלָ֖ה מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.serve (et) Yahweh God your and he.will.bless (et) food your and (et) water your and I.will.remove sickness from midst your

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

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[1 Kings 8:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.37/)

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רָעָ֞ב כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה בָאָ֗רֶץ דֶּ֣בֶר כִּֽי־יִ֠הְיֶה שִׁדָּפ֨וֹן יֵרָק֜וֹן אַרְבֶּ֤ה חָסִיל֙ כִּ֣י יִהְיֶ֔ה כִּ֧י יָֽצַר־ל֛וֹ אֹיְב֖וֹ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ שְׁעָרָ֑יו כָּל־נֶ֖גַע כָּֽל־מַחֲלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* famine (dm) it.will.be in the land pestilence (dm) it.will.be blight mildew locust\[s\] locust\[s\] (dm) it.will.be (dm) he.will.lay.siege to it enemy its in the.land its.gates his any plague any sickness

*JPS 1917:* If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

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