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title: מִסְפֵּד — wailing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִסְפֵּד (4553), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: wailing. BDB 1906: n.m. wailing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִסְפֵּד

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«מִסְפֵּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wailing** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 4553 · **BDB:** מִסְפֵּד²

### Glosses

wailing (9); a.lament (2); mourning (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wailing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4553/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wailing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4553/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 50:10 wailing;—abs. מ׳ Am 5:16 + 11 times; cstr. מִסְפַּד Mi 1:11 + 2 times; sf. מִסְפְּדִי ψ 30:12;—wailing: for dead, Gn 50:10 (J; as acc. cogn.), Zc 12:10 (c. עַל־ cf. v 11(×2) infr.). for calamity experienced Am 5:16(×2) (‖ אֵבֶל), v 17 Mi 1:8 (מ׳ כַּתַּנִּים, ‖ אֵבֶל), v 11 Je 48:38 Ez 27:31, anticipated Je 6:26 Est 4:3. in contrition Is 22:12 (+ בְּכִי), Jo 2:12 (+ צוֹם, בְּכִי), cf. Zc 12:11(×2). in gen., ψ 30:12 (opp. מָחוֹל, cf. Ec 3:4).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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 «מִסְפֵּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4553/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 5:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.17/)

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וּבְכָל־כְּרָמִ֖ים מִסְפֵּ֑ד כִּֽי־אֶעֱבֹ֥ר בְּקִרְבְּךָ֖ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and \[will be\].in.all \[the\].vineyards wailing (dm) I.will.pass in midst your he.says Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And in all vineyards shall be lamentation; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

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[Psalms 30:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.30.12/)

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הָפַ֣כְתָּ מִסְפְּדִי֮ לְמָח֪וֹל לִ֥י פִּתַּ֥חְתָּ שַׂקִּ֑י וַֽתְּאַזְּרֵ֥נִי שִׂמְחָֽה׃

*Word for word:* you.turned wailing my into dancing to me you.loosened sackcloth my and you girded.me joy

*JPS 1917:* Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;

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