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title: נֶגֶף — blow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֶגֶף (5063), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: blow. BDB 1906: n.m. blow, striking. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֶגֶף

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«נֶגֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blow** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 5063 · **BDB:** נֶ֫גֶף

### Glosses

a.plague (3); plague (3); of.striking (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5063/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. blow, striking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5063/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 12:13 blow, striking (as judgment, only P);—נ׳ abs. Ex 12:13 + 6 times;— fatal blow, plague, Ex 12:13 (death of first-born); 30:12; Nu 8:19 (indef.); = pestilence Nu 17:11, 12; Jos 22:17. striking, אֶבֶן נ׳ Is 8:14 i.e. against which the foot strikes and so stumbles (‖ צוּר מִכְשׁוֹל).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֶגֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5063/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 22:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.17/)

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הַמְעַט־לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־עֲוֺ֣ן פְּע֔וֹר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־הִטַּהַ֙רְנוּ֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַיְהִ֥י הַנֶּ֖גֶף בַּעֲדַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? little for us \[was\].(et) the.iniquity of.Peor which not we.have.cleansed.ourselves from it until the day (the) this and it.was the plague among the.congregation of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,

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[Isaiah 8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.14/)

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וְהָיָ֖ה לְמִקְדָּ֑שׁ וּלְאֶ֣בֶן נֶ֠גֶף וּלְצ֨וּר מִכְשׁ֜וֹל לִשְׁנֵ֨י בָתֵּ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְפַ֣ח וּלְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ לְיוֹשֵׁ֖ב יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.become (into).a sanctuary and.(into) a stone of.striking and.(into) a rock of.stumbling for the.two the.houses of.Israel (into).a trap and.(into) a snare for the.inhabitant\[s\] of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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