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title: סָחָה — scrape · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָחָה (5500), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: scrape. BDB 1906: vb. scrape );—only scrape clean, scour. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָחָה

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«סָחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scrape** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5500 · **BDB:** סָחָה

### Glosses

I.will.scrape.away (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scrape [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5500/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. scrape );—only scrape clean, scour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5500/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. scrape (Arabic سَحَا (سحو and سحى Lane1322, scrape off, clear away; cf. Talm. סְחוּתָא, סְחִיתָא refuse, 𝔗 סְחִיתָא dirt, dung);—only scrape clean, scour, Pf. 1 s. consec. וְסִחֵתִ֫י עֲפָרָהּ מִמֶּנָּה Ez 26:4 and I will scrape clean her dust from her.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «סָחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5500/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 26:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.4/)

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וְשִׁחֲת֞וּ חֹמ֣וֹת צֹ֗ר וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָ וְסִֽחֵיתִ֥י עֲפָרָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְנָתַתִּ֥י אוֹתָ֖הּ לִצְחִ֥יחַ סָֽלַע׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.destroy the.walls of.Tyre and they.will.tear.down towers its and I.will.scrape.away dust its from it and I.will.make it into bareness of.rock

*JPS 1917:* And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

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