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title: מַעֲקַשִּׁים — twisted · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲקַשִּׁים (4625), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: twisted. BDB 1906: twisted, crooked place. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲקַשִּׁים

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«מַעֲקַשִּׁים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **twisted** — 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:** 4625 · **BDB:** מַעֲקָשׁ

### Glosses

rough.places (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

twisted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4625/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

twisted, crooked place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4625/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] twisted, crooked place;—pl. מַעֲקַשִּׁים Is 42:16 (opp. מִישׁוֹר).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲקַשִּׁים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4625/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 42:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.16/)

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וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י עִוְרִ֗ים בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ בִּנְתִיב֥וֹת לֹֽא־יָדְע֖וּ אַדְרִיכֵ֑ם אָשִׂים֩ מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם לָא֗וֹר וּמַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙ לְמִישׁ֔וֹר אֵ֚לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֔ים עֲשִׂיתִ֖ם וְלֹ֥א עֲזַבְתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.lead blind.\[people\] by a.way \[which\].not they.have.known by paths \[which\].not they.have.known I will.guide.them I.will.make \[the\].dark.place before them (into the light and rough.places (into).level ground these \[are\].the things \[which\].I will.do.them and not I will.abandon.them

*JPS 1917:* And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, in paths that they knew not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and rugged places plain. These things will I do, and I will not leave them undone.

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