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title: מִסְפָּחֹות — scruf · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִסְפָּחֹות (4555), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: scruf. BDB 1906: n.f. long veil. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִסְפָּחֹות

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«מִסְפָּחֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scruf** — 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:** 4555 · **BDB:** מִסְפָּחָה

### Glosses

veils (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scruf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4555/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. long veil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4555/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. long veil (proposes sheathing?) covering whole person; pl. abs. וְעשֹׁוֹת הַמִּסְפָּחוֹת עַל־רֹאשׁ Ez 13:18; sf. מִסְפְּחֹתֵיכֶם v 21.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִסְפָּחֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4555/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.21/)

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וְקָרַעְתִּ֞י אֶת־מִסְפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם וְהִצַּלְתִּ֤י אֶת־עַמִּי֙ מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ן וְלֹֽא־יִהְי֥וּ ע֛וֹד בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ן לִמְצוּדָ֑ה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ן כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.tear.away (et) veils your.long and I.will.deliver (et) people my from hand your and not they.will.become again in hand your (into) prey and you.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Your pads also will I tear, and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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[Ezekiel 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.18/)

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וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הוֹי֩ לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת כְּסָת֜וֹת עַ֣ל ׀ כָּל־אַצִּילֵ֣י יָדַ֗י וְעֹשׂ֧וֹת הַמִּסְפָּח֛וֹת עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־קוֹמָ֖ה לְצוֹדֵ֣ד נְפָשׁ֑וֹת הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ תְּצוֹדֵ֣דְנָה לְעַמִּ֔י וּנְפָשׁ֖וֹת לָכֶ֥נָה תְחַיֶּֽינָה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.say thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh woe! to \[women.who\].sew bands on all the.joints my.hands my and \[women.who\].make the.long veils on \[the\].head of.every stature to hunt persons ? persons will.you.hunt of people my and persons of yourself will.you.preserve.alive?

*JPS 1917:* and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves?

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