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title: מַחֲנָק — strangling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲנָק (4267), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: strangling. BDB 1906: strangling, suffocation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲנָק

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«מַחֲנָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strangling** — 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:** 4267 · **BDB:** מַחֲנָק

### Glosses

strangling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strangling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4267/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

strangling, suffocation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4267/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] strangling, suffocation, as a mode of death, וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי Jb 7:15 and my soul chooseth strangling (‖ מָוֶת).

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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, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲנָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4267/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.15/)

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וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and it.chose strangling self my death more than my.bones

*JPS 1917:* So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.

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