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title: מַצֻּת — quarrel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַצֻּת (4695), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: quarrel. BDB 1906: n.f. id. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַצֻּת

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«מַצֻּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quarrel** — 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:** 4695 · **BDB:** מַצּוּת²

### Glosses

your.strife (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quarrel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4695/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4695/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—only sf. אַנְשֵׁ׳ מַצֻּתֶ֑ךָ Is 41:12 i.e. the men who strove with thee (‖ אַנְשֵׁ׳ מִלְחַמְתֶּ֑ךָ).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַצֻּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4695/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 41:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.12/)

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תְּבַקְשֵׁם֙ וְלֹ֣א תִמְצָאֵ֔ם אַנְשֵׁ֖י מַצֻּתֶ֑ךָ יִהְי֥וּ כְאַ֛יִן וּכְאֶ֖פֶס אַנְשֵׁ֥י מִלְחַמְתֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* you will.seek.them and not you will.find.them the.people your.strife your they.will.be as nothing and as nothing the.people your.warfare your

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee; they that warred against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

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