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title: מַרְפֵּא — healing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְפֵּא (4832), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: healing. BDB 1906: n.m. healing, cure, health. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְפֵּא

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«מַרְפֵּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **healing** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 4832 · **BDB:** מַרְפֵּא²

### Glosses

healing (9); \[is\].healing (2); of.healing (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

healing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4832/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. healing, cure, health [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4832/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ec 10, 4 healing, cure, health (usually fig.);—abs. מַרְפֵּא Je 14:19 +, מַרְפֵּה 8:15; cstr. מַרְפֵּא Pr 15:4;— healing, cure, of national woes, Je 8:15; 14:19b (‖ שָׁלוֹם), 33:6 (+ אֲרֻכָה); especially אֵין לָנוּ מ׳ Je 14:19a there is no cure for us, עַד לְאֵין מ׳ 2 Ch 36:16. fig. of pers., health, profit, Pr 4:22 (‖ חַיִּים), 12:18; 13:17; 16:24; with spiritual implic. Mal 3:20; אֵין מ׳ Pr 6:15 = 29:1; לֵב מ׳ 14:30 a mind of health (healthy, composed, mind), cf. מ׳ alone = composure Ec 10:4; מ׳ לְשׁוֹן Pr 15:4 healing of the tongue, = a soothing tongue (Toy). lit., of disease, לְאֵין מ׳ 2 Ch 21:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְפֵּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4832/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 12:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.18/)

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יֵ֣שׁ בּ֭וֹטֶהכְּמַדְקְר֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב וּלְשׁ֖וֹן חֲכָמִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\] \[one.who\].speaks.rashly like thrusts of.a.sword and.\[the\] tongue of.wise.\[people\] \[is\].healing

*JPS 1917:* There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

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[Proverbs 13:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.17/)

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מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.messenger wicked he.falls in trouble and an.envoy of.faithfulness(es) \[is\].healing

*JPS 1917:* A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

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