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title: עֵט — stylus · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵט (5842), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: stylus. BDB 1906: n.m. stylus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵט

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«עֵט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stylus** — 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:** 5842 · **BDB:** עֵט

### Glosses

a.stylus (3); \[is\].a.stylus (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stylus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5842/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. stylus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5842/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 8:8 stylus (√ dub.; Köii. 1, 83 (after older authorities) cp. Arabic غوط, غَاطَ sink, penetrate);—ע׳ only cstr.: of iron, for use on stone or metal Je 17:1 (בְּצִפֹּרֶן שָׂמִיר with diamond-point), Jb 19:24 (v. also חֶרֶט). prob. = reed-pen (used on roll, cf. Je 36:2, 23 etc.), ע׳ שֶׁקֶר סֹפְרִים Je 8:8, fig., לְשׁוֹנִי ע׳ סוֹפֵר מָהִיר ψ 45:1 (cf. NowArch. i. 290 BenzArch. 290).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5842/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 19:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.24/)

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בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* with a.stylus of.iron and lead forever in the rock they will.be.engraved

*JPS 1917:* That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

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[Psalms 45:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.2/)

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רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב אֹמֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי מַעֲשַׂ֣י לְמֶ֑לֶךְ לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י עֵ֤ט ׀ סוֹפֵ֬ר מָהִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* it.is.aroused heart my a.word good \[am\].speaking I work(s) my to.\[the\] king tongue my \[is\].a.stylus of.a.scribe skilled

*JPS 1917:* My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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