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title: מֹרֶךְ — softness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹרֶךְ (4816), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: softness. BDB 1906: weakness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹרֶךְ

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«מֹרֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **softness** — 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:** 4816 · **BDB:** מֹ֫רֶךְ²

### Glosses

despair (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

softness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4816/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

weakness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4816/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] weakness (Köii. 1, 98);—Lv 26:36 I will send מ׳ into (ב) your heart (i.e. make you timid, fearful, cf. √ 1 a, רַךְ 2).

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹרֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4816/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 26:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.26.36/)

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וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים בָּכֶ֔ם וְהֵבֵ֤אתִי מֹ֙רֶךְ֙ בִּלְבָבָ֔ם בְּאַרְצֹ֖ת אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וְרָדַ֣ף אֹתָ֗ם ק֚וֹל עָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֔ף וְנָס֧וּ מְנֻֽסַת־חֶ֛רֶב וְנָפְל֖וּ וְאֵ֥ין רֹדֵֽף׃

*Word for word:* and \[those who\].remain among you and I.will.bring despair in heart their in the.land their.enemies their and it.will.pursue them the.sound of.a.leaf driven.about and they.will.flee a.flight of.a.sword and they.will.fall and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].pursues

*JPS 1917:* And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

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