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title: מְתֹם — soundness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְתֹם (4974), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: soundness. BDB 1906: soundness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְתֹם

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«מְתֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **soundness** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4974 · **BDB:** מְתֹם²

### Glosses

soundness (3); of.soundness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

soundness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4974/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

soundness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4974/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] soundness; in phr. אֵין מְתֹם ב׳ Is 1:6 ψ 38:4, 8; מֵעִיר מְ֯תֹם Ju 20:48 from entire city (Codd. De Rossi Bu GFM מְתִם, v. מַת and cf. עיר מת(י)ם Dt 2:34; 3:6 Jb 24:12).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «מְתֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4974/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.8/)

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כִּֽי־כְ֭סָלַי מָלְא֣וּ נִקְלֶ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין מְ֝תֹ֗ם בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) loins my they.are.full burning.\[pain\] and there.\[is\].not soundness in flesh my

*JPS 1917:* For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

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[Psalms 38:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.4/)

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אֵין־מְתֹ֣ם בִּ֭בְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵ֣י זַעְמֶ֑ךָ אֵין־שָׁל֥וֹם בַּ֝עֲצָמַ֗י מִפְּנֵ֥י חַטָּאתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\].not soundness in flesh my because of indignation your there.\[is\].not health in bones my because of sin my

*JPS 1917:* There is no soundness in my flesh because of Thine indignation; neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

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