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title: מִפְלָשׂ — swaying · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִפְלָשׂ (4657), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: swaying. BDB 1906: swaying, poising. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִפְלָשׂ

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«מִפְלָשׂ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swaying** — 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:** 4657 · **BDB:** מִפְלָשׂ²

### Glosses

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

### Meaning (OSHB)

swaying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4657/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

swaying, poising [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4657/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] swaying, poising;—מִפְלְשֵׂי־עָב Jb 37:16; Bu (plausibly) מִפְרְשֵׂי, as 36:29.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: 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 «מִפְלָשׂ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4657/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.16/)

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הֲ֭תֵדַע עַל־מִפְלְשֵׂי־עָ֑ב מִ֝פְלְא֗וֹת תְּמִ֣ים דֵּעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* do you.know? on \[the\].balancing(s) of.\[the\].cloud\[s\] \[the\].wondrous.works of.\[one\].complete of.knowledge(s)

*JPS 1917:* Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

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