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title: מַפֻּחַ — bellows · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַפֻּחַ (4647), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bellows. BDB 1906: n.m. bellows. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַפֻּחַ

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«מַפֻּחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bellows** — 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:** 4647 · **BDB:** מַפֻּחַ

### Glosses

\[the\].bellow\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bellows [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4647/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bellows [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4647/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. bellows;—נָחַר מ׳ Je 6:29 (fig. of vain prophetic labour).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַפֻּחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4647/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 6:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.29/)

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נָחַ֣ר מַפֻּ֔חַ מֵאֵ֖שׁ תַּ֣ם עֹפָ֑רֶת לַשָּׁוְא֙ צָרַ֣ף צָר֔וֹף וְרָעִ֖ים לֹ֥א נִתָּֽקוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.puffs \[the\].bellow\[s\] from a.fire it.is.complete lead for (the) vanity someone.has.refined thoroughly.(refine) and evil.\[people\] not they.have.been.separated

*JPS 1917:* The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated.

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