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title: מֵצַח — brow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵצַח (4696), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: brow. BDB 1906: n.m. brow, forehead. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵצַח

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«מֵצַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brow** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 4696 · **BDB:** מֵ֫צַח

### Glosses

forehead (10); of.forehead (1); the.forehead (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4696/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. brow, forehead [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4696/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 3:8 brow, forehead;—מ׳ abs. Ez 3:7, cstr. Ex 28:38 Je 3:3; sf. מִצְחֲךָ Ez 3:8 Is 48:4, מִצְחֶ֑ךָ Ez 3:9; מִצְחוֹ Ex 28:38 + 4 times; מִצְחָם Ez 3:8; pl. cstr. מִצְחוֹת Ez 9:4;—brow, forehead, struck by stone from David’s sling 1 S 17:49(×2); Aaron’s forehead Ex 28:38(×2); place where leprosy appears 2 Ch 26:19, 20; place for a distinguishing mark or cross Ez 9:4; חִזְקֵי־מ׳ 3:7 the house of Isr. are stout of forehead (i. e. obstinate; ‖ קְשֵׁי־לֵב), cf. v 8; so מִצְחֲךָ נְחוּשָׁה Is 48:4 thy brow (is) brass (‖ גִּיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּ֑ךָ); also of boldness, firmness of prophet v 8, and v 9 (but del. 𝔊 Co); מ׳ אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה הָיָה לָךְ Je 3:3, i. e. thou wast shameless (‖ מֵאַנְתְּ הִכָּלֵם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 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 «מֵצַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4696/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 48:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.48.4/)

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מִדַּעְתִּ֕י כִּ֥י קָשֶׁ֖ה אָ֑תָּה וְגִ֤יד בַּרְזֶל֙ עָרְפֶּ֔ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ֖ נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* because knew I (dm).that \[were\].stubborn you and.\[was\] a.tendon of.iron neck your and forehead your \[was\].bronze

*JPS 1917:* Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

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[Jeremiah 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.3.3/)

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וַיִּמָּנְע֣וּ רְבִבִ֔ים וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ ל֣וֹא הָיָ֑ה וּמֵ֨צַח אִשָּׁ֤ה זוֹנָה֙ הָ֣יָה לָ֔ךְ מֵאַ֖נְתְּ הִכָּלֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.have.been.withheld showers and spring.rain not it.has.come and.\[the\] forehead of.a.woman a.prostitute it.belonged to you you.refused to.be.ashamed

*JPS 1917:* Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

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