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title: מַעֲשַׁקֹּות — extortionate act · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲשַׁקֹּות (4642), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: extortionate act. BDB 1906: n.f. extortionate act. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲשַׁקֹּות

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«מַעֲשַׁקֹּות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **extortionate act** — 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:** 4642 · **BDB:** מַעֲשַׁקָּה

### Glosses

of.extortion(s) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

extortionate act [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4642/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. extortionate act [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4642/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. extortionate act;—pl. abs. רַב מַעֲשַׁקּוֹת Pr 28:16 great in extortions; בֶּצַע מ׳ Is 33:15 gain of extortions.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲשַׁקֹּות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4642/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.16/)

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נָגִ֗יד חֲסַ֣ר תְּ֭בוּנוֹת וְרַ֥ב מַעֲשַׁקּ֑וֹת שֹׂ֥נֵא בֶ֝֗צַע יַאֲרִ֥יךְ יָמִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* a.ruler lacking of.understanding(s) and great of.extortion(s) \[one.who\].hates unjust.gain he.will.prolong days

*JPS 1917:* The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

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[Isaiah 33:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.15/)

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הֹלֵ֣ךְ צְדָק֔וֹת וְדֹבֵ֖ר מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים מֹאֵ֞ס בְּבֶ֣צַע מַעֲשַׁקּ֗וֹת נֹעֵ֤ר כַּפָּיו֙ מִתְּמֹ֣ךְ בַּשֹּׁ֔חַד אֹטֵ֤ם אָזְנוֹ֙ מִשְּׁמֹ֣עַ דָּמִ֔ים וְעֹצֵ֥ם עֵינָ֖יו מֵרְא֥וֹת בְּרָֽע׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].walks righteousness(es) and \[one.who\].speaks uprightness(es) \[one.who\].rejects (in).unjust gain of.extortion(s) \[one.who\].shakes palms his from taking.hold on (the) bribe \[one.who\].shuts ear his from hearing blood(s) and \[one.who\].shuts eyes his from looking on evil

*JPS 1917:* He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil;

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