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title: מְטִיל — wrought-metal rod · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְטִיל (4300), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: wrought-metal rod. BDB 1906: n.m. wrought-metal rod. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְטִיל

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«מְטִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wrought-metal rod** — 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:** 4300 · **BDB:** מְטִיל

### Glosses

a.rod (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wrought-metal rod [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4300/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wrought-metal rod [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4300/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. wrought-metal rod (Aramaic (𝔗) מְטָל);—cstr. מְטִיל בַּרְזֶל Jb 40:18 fig. of bones (גְּרָמִים) of hippopot. (‖ עֲצָמָיו אֲפִיקֵי נְחֻשָׁה).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְטִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4300/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.18/)

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עֲ֭צָמָיו אֲפִיקֵ֣י נְחוּשָׁ֑ה גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו כִּמְטִ֥יל בַּרְזֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* bones its \[are\].tubes of.bronze limbs its \[are\].like a.rod of.iron

*JPS 1917:* His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.

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