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title: מְנוּסָה — flight · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְנוּסָה (4499), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: flight. BDB 1906: n.f. flight. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְנוּסָה

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«מְנוּסָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flight** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4499 · **BDB:** מְנוּסָה

### Glosses

a.flight (1); flight (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4499/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. flight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4499/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. flight—מ׳ Is 52:12 (‖ חִפָּזוֹן); מְנֻסַת־חֶרֶב Lv 26:36 = flight from sword, acc. cogn. c. נוס.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «מְנוּסָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4499/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 52:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.52.12/)

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כִּ֣י לֹ֤א בְחִפָּזוֹן֙ תֵּצֵ֔אוּ וּבִמְנוּסָ֖ה לֹ֣א תֵלֵכ֑וּן כִּֽי־הֹלֵ֤ךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם֙ יְהוָ֔ה וּמְאַסִּפְכֶ֖ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) not in haste you.will.go.out and in flight not you will.go (dm) \[will.be\].going before you Yahweh and \[will be\].your.rearguard the.God of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight; for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rearward.

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[Leviticus 26:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.26.36/)

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וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים בָּכֶ֔ם וְהֵבֵ֤אתִי מֹ֙רֶךְ֙ בִּלְבָבָ֔ם בְּאַרְצֹ֖ת אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וְרָדַ֣ף אֹתָ֗ם ק֚וֹל עָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֔ף וְנָס֧וּ מְנֻֽסַת־חֶ֛רֶב וְנָפְל֖וּ וְאֵ֥ין רֹדֵֽף׃

*Word for word:* and \[those who\].remain among you and I.will.bring despair in heart their in the.land their.enemies their and it.will.pursue them the.sound of.a.leaf driven.about and they.will.flee a.flight of.a.sword and they.will.fall and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].pursues

*JPS 1917:* And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

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