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title: מֻטֶּה — that which is perverted · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֻטֶּה (4297), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: that which is perverted. BDB 1906: that which is perverted, perverted justice Hiph. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֻטֶּה

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«מֻטֶּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **that which is perverted** — 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:** 4297 · **BDB:** מֻטֶּה

### Glosses

perverseness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

that which is perverted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4297/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

that which is perverted, perverted justice Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4297/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] that which is perverted, perverted justice (see √ Hiph. 3 g);—only וְהָעִיר מָֽלְאָה מ׳ Ez 9:9 (as above Ke Sm Da Berthol Toy RV \> perverseness AV) \> Co חָמָס (as 7:23).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֻטֶּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4297/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.9/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י עֲוֺ֨ן בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל וִֽיהוּדָה֙ גָּדוֹל֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וַתִּמָּלֵ֤א הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ דָּמִ֔ים וְהָעִ֖יר מָלְאָ֣ה מֻטֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י אָמְר֗וּ עָזַ֤ב יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֵ֥ין יְהוָ֖ה רֹאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to me the.iniquity of.the.house of.Israel and Judah \[is\].great with muchness muchness and it.has.been.filled the land blood(s) and the city it.is.full perverseness (dm) they.have.said he.has.forsaken Yahweh (et) the land and not Yahweh \[is\].seeing

*JPS 1917:* Then said He unto me: 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment; for they say: The LORD hath forsaken the land, and the LORD seeth not.

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