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title: מְתַלְּעֹות — teeth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְתַלְּעֹות (4459), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: teeth. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. teeth. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְתַלְּעֹות

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«מְתַלְּעֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **teeth** — 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:** 4459 · **BDB:** מְתַלְּעוֹת²

### Glosses

\[the\].teeth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

teeth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4459/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. teeth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4459/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. teeth (AV RV jaw-teeth) (perhaps gnawers, v. √);—teeth, incisors, late (always ‖ שִׁנַּיִם): cstr. מ׳ Jb 29:17 and (of lion) Jo 1:6; sf. מְתַלְּעֹתָיו Pr 30:14. Also cstr. מַלְתְּעוֹת ψ 58:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְתַלְּעֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4459/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 58:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.7/)

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אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ בְּפִ֑ימוֹ מַלְתְּע֥וֹת כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים נְתֹ֣ץ ׀ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* O.God break.away teeth their in mouth their \[the\].teeth of.young.lions break.off O.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

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