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title: מְתַלְּעוֹת — teeth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְתַלְּעוֹת (4973), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: teeth. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. teeth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְתַלְּעוֹת

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«מְתַלְּעוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **teeth** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4973 · **BDB:** מְתַלְּעוֹת²

### Glosses

\[the\].fangs (1); fangs (1); the.fangs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

teeth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4973/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. teeth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4973/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. teeth (AV RV jaw-teeth) (perhaps gnawers, v. √);—teeth, incisors, late (always ‖ שִׁנַּיִם): cstr. מ׳ Jb 29:17 and (of lion) Jo 1:6; sf. מְתַלְּעֹתָיו Pr 30:14. Also cstr. מַלְתְּעוֹת ψ 58:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «מְתַלְּעוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4973/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 29:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.17/)

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וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּע֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ טָֽרֶף׃

*Word for word:* and I broke \[the\].fangs of.\[the\].unjust.person and from teeth his I.threw \[the\].prey

*JPS 1917:* And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

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[Proverbs 30:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.14/)

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דּ֤וֹר ׀ חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּיו֮ וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יולֶאֱכֹ֣ל עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵאֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים מֵאָדָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* a.generation \[are\].swords teeth its and.\[are\] knives fangs its to devour afflicted.\[people\] from.\[the\] earth and needy.\[people\] from humankind

*JPS 1917:* There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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