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title: עַכְשׁוּב — asp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַכְשׁוּב (5919), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: asp. BDB 1906: n.m. asp, viper spider. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַכְשׁוּב

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«עַכְשׁוּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **asp** — 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:** 5919 · **BDB:** עַכְשׁוּב

### Glosses

of.a.viper (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

asp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5919/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. asp, viper spider [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5919/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. usually asp, viper (so 𝔊 𝔙; perhaps conject. from sense and ‖ נָחָשׁ), but perhaps = (? crpt. for) עַכָּבִישׁ spider (q.v.; cf. 𝔗ad loc.);—חֲמַת ע׳ ψ 140:4 a viper’s (? spider’s) venom is under their lips (v. especially Che and reff.).

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַכְשׁוּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5919/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 140:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.4/)

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שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשׁוֹנָם֮ כְּֽמוֹ־נָ֫חָ֥שׁ חֲמַ֥ת עַכְשׁ֑וּב תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* they.sharpen tongue their like a.snake \[the\].venom of.a.viper \[is\].under lips their Selah

*JPS 1917:* They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips.

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