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title: מַשָּׁאוֹן — guile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשָּׁאוֹן (4860), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: guile. BDB 1906: guile, dissimulation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשָּׁאוֹן

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«מַשָּׁאוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **guile** — 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:** 4860 · **BDB:** מַשָּׁאוֹן²

### Glosses

deception (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

guile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4860/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

guile, dissimulation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4860/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] guile, dissimulation (\> according to LagBN 196 der. from מַשָּׁא, lending on usury); תִּכַּסֶּה שִׂנְאָה בְּמַשָּׁאוֹן Pr 26:26 hatred may hide itself with dissimulation.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשָּׁאוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4860/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.26/)

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תִּכַּסֶּ֣ה שִׂ֭נְאָה בְּמַשָּׁא֑וֹן תִּגָּלֶ֖ה רָעָת֣וֹ בְקָהָֽל׃

*Word for word:* it.covers.itself hatred with deception it.will.be.revealed wickedness his in.\[the\] assembly

*JPS 1917:* Though his hatred be concealed with deceit, his wickedness shall be revealed before the congregation.

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