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title: נְעֹרֶת — tow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְעֹרֶת (5296), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: tow. BDB 1906: n.f. tow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְעֹרֶת

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«נְעֹרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tow** — 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:** 5296 · **BDB:** נְעֹ֫רֶת

### Glosses

tow (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5296/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5296/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. tow (as shaken off from the flax when beaten; on form cf. BaNB 64);—in sim. פְּתִיל־הַנּ׳ Ju 16:9 a thread of tow (snapping from heat); נ׳ Is 1:31 (fig.; as inflammable).

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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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְעֹרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5296/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 1:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.31/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה הֶחָסֹן֙ לִנְעֹ֔רֶת וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ לְנִיצ֑וֹץ וּבָעֲר֧וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם יַחְדָּ֖ו וְאֵ֥ין מְכַבֶּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.will.become the.strong \[person\] (into) tow and work his \[will become\].(into).a.spark and they.will.burn both of.them together and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].extinguishes

*JPS 1917:* And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

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[Judges 16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.9/)

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וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙ בַּחֶ֔דֶר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיְנַתֵּק֙ אֶת־הַיְתָרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and the ambusher \[was\].sitting for her in the chamber and she.said to him \[the\].Philistines \[are\].on you O.Samson and he.tore.apart (et) the cords just as it.is.torn.apart (the).cord of.(the) tow when smells it fire and not it.was.known strength his

*JPS 1917:* Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And he broke the bowstrings as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

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