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title: מֹץ — chaff · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹץ (4671), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: chaff. BDB 1906: n.m. chaff. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹץ

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«מֹץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chaff** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4671 · **BDB:** מוֹץ

### Glosses

chaff (7); be\].like.chaff (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chaff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4671/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. chaff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4671/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 29:5 chaff (Talm. 𝔗 מוֹצָא, Arabic مَوْصٌ straw);—מ׳ abs. Ho 13:3 + 6 times; cstr. Is 17:13;—chaff, always as driven by wind, and always c. כְּ, in sim.; of wicked Jb 21:18 (‖ תֶּבֶן לִפְנֵי רוּחַ), cf. ψ 1:4; 35:5 Ho 13:3; of hostile nations Is 17:13 (מ׳ הָרִים), 29:5 (‖ אָבָק דַּךְ); hyperb. of Judah’s power, גְּבָעוֹת כַּמֹּץ תָּשִׂים Is 41:15 (‖ תָּדוּשׁ הָרִים וְתָדֹק); of passing time, יוֹם Zp 2:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4671/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 35:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.5/)

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יִֽהְי֗וּ כְּמֹ֥ץ לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּמַלְאַ֖ךְ יְהוָ֣ה דּוֹחֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* may.they.be like chaff before a.wind and the.angel of.Yahweh \[be\].pushing

*JPS 1917:* Let them be as chaff before the wind, the angel of the LORD thrusting them.

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[Job 21:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.18/)

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יִהְי֗וּ כְּתֶ֥בֶן לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃

*Word for word:* are.they? like straw before a.wind and like chaff \[which\].it has.stolen.it a.storm-wind

*JPS 1917:* That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?

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