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title: מִשְׁחַת — disfigurement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁחַת (4893), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: disfigurement. BDB 1906: disfigurement. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁחַת

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«מִשְׁחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **disfigurement** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4893 · **BDB:** מִשְׁחַת

### Glosses

\[was\].a.disfigurement (1); disfigurement (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

disfigurement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4893/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

disfigurement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4893/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] disfigurement of face Is 52:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4893/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 52:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.52.14/)

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כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁמְמ֤וּ עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ רַבִּ֔ים כֵּן־מִשְׁחַ֥ת מֵאִ֖ישׁ מַרְאֵ֑הוּ וְתֹאֲר֖וֹ מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* just as they.were.appalled on you many.\[people\] so \[was\].a.disfigurement from a.person appearance his and form his \[was\].from.\[the\] children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* According as many were appalled at thee — so marred was his visage unlike that of a man, and his form unlike that of the sons of men —

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[Leviticus 22:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.25/)

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וּמִיַּ֣ד בֶּן־נֵכָ֗ר לֹ֥א תַקְרִ֛יבוּ אֶת־לֶ֥חֶם אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מִכָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֣י מָשְׁחָתָ֤ם בָּהֶם֙ מ֣וּם בָּ֔ם לֹ֥א יֵרָצ֖וּ לָכֶֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and from the.hand of.a.son of.foreignness not you.must.present (et) the.food your.God your any of.all these.\[animals\] (dm) disfigurement their \[is\].in them a.blemish \[is\].in them not they.will.be.accepted for you

*JPS 1917:* Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these, because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them; they shall not be accepted for you.

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