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title: מִנְהָג — driving · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִנְהָג (4491), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: driving. BDB 1906: n.m. driving, charioteering. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִנְהָג

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«מִנְהָג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **driving** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4491 · **BDB:** מִנְהָג²

### Glosses

driving (1); the.driving (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

driving [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4491/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. driving, charioteering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4491/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. driving, charioteering;—abs. מ׳ 2 K 9:20; cstr. מִנְהַג v 20.

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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 «מִנְהָג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4491/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 9:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.20/)

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וַיַּגֵּ֤ד הַצֹּפֶה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֥א עַד־אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹֽא־שָׁ֑ב וְהַמִּנְהָ֗ג כְּמִנְהַג֙ יֵה֣וּא בֶן־נִמְשִׁ֔י כִּ֥י בְשִׁגָּע֖וֹן יִנְהָֽג׃

*Word for word:* and he.reported the watchman (cmp) he.came to to them and not he.has.turned.back and the driving \[is\].like the.driving of.Jehu the.son of.Nimshi (dm) with madness he.drives

*JPS 1917:* And the watchman told, saying: 'He came even unto them, and cometh not back; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.'

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