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title: מַחֲמָאֹת — curd-like · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲמָאֹת (4260), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: curd-like. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. curd-like things. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲמָאֹת

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«מַחֲמָאֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **curd-like** — 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:** 4260 · **BDB:** מַחֲמָאֹת

### Glosses

the.creamy.things (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

curd-like [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4260/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. curd-like things [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4260/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. curd-like things = smooth, hypocritical, words, only cstr. חָֽלְקוּ מ׳ פִּיו ψ 55:22 smooth are the butter-words of his mouth (Ew De Hup), but read prob. (פניו) חלק(ו) מֵחֲמָאֹת פיו his mouth (face) is smoother than curds (Vrss Ki Thes Ol Che Bae We Du \[מֵחֶמְאָה\]).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲמָאֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4260/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 55:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.22/)

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חָלְק֤וּ ׀ מַחְמָאֹ֣ת פִּיו֮ וּֽקֲרָב־לִ֫בּ֥וֹ רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו מִשֶּׁ֗מֶן וְהֵ֣מָּה פְתִחֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* they.were.smooth the.creamy.things his.mouth his and.\[was\] war heart his they.were.soft words his more than.oil and they \[were\].drawn.swords

*JPS 1917:* Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.

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