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title: מְרוֹחַ — rub · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרוֹחַ (4790), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: rub. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרוֹחַ

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«מְרוֹחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rub** — 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:** 4790 · **BDB:** מָרוֹחַ

### Glosses

a.\[man\].crushed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rub [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4790/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dub., only cstr. מְרוֹחַ אָ֑שֶׁךְ Lv 21:20; √ either מָרַח rub=a rubbing away of the testicle; or רָוַח be roomy, enlarged=enlargement (read then מֶרְוַח); v. further Di.

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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 (2 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 «מְרוֹחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4790/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 21:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.20/)

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אֽוֹ־גִבֵּ֣ן אוֹ־דַ֔ק א֖וֹ תְּבַלֻּ֣ל בְּעֵינ֑וֹ א֤וֹ גָרָב֙ א֣וֹ יַלֶּ֔פֶת א֖וֹ מְר֥וֹחַ אָֽשֶׁךְ׃

*Word for word:* or a.\[man\].hunchbacked or a.\[man\].thin or a.defect in eye his or a.festering.rash or scab\[s\] or a.\[man\].crushed of.testicle

*JPS 1917:* or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed;

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