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title: מַשְׂטֵמָה — animosity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשְׂטֵמָה (4895), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: animosity. BDB 1906: n.f. animosity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשְׂטֵמָה

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«מַשְׂטֵמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **animosity** — 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:** 4895 · **BDB:** מַשְׂטֵמָה²

### Glosses

animosity (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

animosity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4895/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. animosity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4895/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. animosity;—Ho 9:7 + v 8 (del. We, cf. Now).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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 «מַשְׂטֵמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4895/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 9:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.9.8/)

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צֹפֶ֥ה אֶפְרַ֖יִם עִם־אֱלֹהָ֑י נָבִ֞יא פַּ֤ח יָקוֹשׁ֙ עַל־כָּל־דְּרָכָ֔יו מַשְׂטֵמָ֖ה בְּבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].a.watchman Ephraim with God my a.prophet a.trap of.a.fowler \[is\].on all ways his animosity \[is\].in the.house his.God his

*JPS 1917:* Ephraim is a watchman with my God; as for the prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.

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[Hosea 9:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.9.7/)

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בָּ֣אוּ ׀ יְמֵ֣י הַפְּקֻדָּ֗ה בָּ֚אוּ יְמֵ֣י הַשִׁלֻּ֔םיֵדְע֖וּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֱוִ֣יל הַנָּבִ֗יא מְשֻׁגָּע֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָר֔וּחַ עַ֚ל רֹ֣ב עֲוֺנְךָ֔ וְרַבָּ֖ה מַשְׂטֵמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* they.have.come the.days of.(the) punishment they.have.come the.days of.(the) retribution let.them.know Israel \[is\].a.fool the prophet \[is\].mad the.person of the.spirit on the.greatness your.iniquity your and great animosity

*JPS 1917:* The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come, Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad! For the multitude of thine iniquity, the enmity is great.

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