---
title: מִיץ — squeezing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִיץ (4330), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: squeezing. BDB 1906: n.m. squeezing, pressing, wringing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4330.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-4.md)‎ / מִיץ‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# מִיץ

<!-- .meta -->
«מִיץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **squeezing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4330 · **BDB:** מִיץ

### Glosses

squeezing (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

squeezing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4330/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. squeezing, pressing, wringing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4330/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. squeezing, pressing, wringing (3 times) מִיץ חָלָב יוֹצִיא חֶמְאָה וּמ׳־אַף יוֹצִיא דָ֑ם וּמ׳ אַפַּיִם יוֹצִיא רִיב׃ Pr 30:33 the squeezing of milk produceth curd (v. Thomson Land and Book, Centr. Pal. 456 RobBR i, 485; ii, 418), and the squeezing of the nose produceth blood, and (so) the squeezing of anger (i.e. pressure, insistence) produceth strife.

<!-- .note -->
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 (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִיץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4330/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 30:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.33/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
כִּ֤י מִ֪יץ חָלָ֡ב י֘וֹצִ֤יא חֶמְאָ֗ה וּֽמִיץ־אַ֭ף י֣וֹצִיא דָ֑ם וּמִ֥יץ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם י֣וֹצִיא רִֽיב׃פ

*Word for word:* (dm) squeezing of.milk it.brings.forth curd\[s\] and squeezing of.a.nose it.brings.forth blood and squeezing of.anger(s) it.brings.forth strife

*JPS 1917:* For the churning of milk bringeth forth curd, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [מֵיפַעַת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b5_5d9_5e4_5b7_5e2_5b7_5ea.md)
- next →: [מֵישָׁא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4331.md)
- ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-4.md)