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title: עֳפִי — Ephai (from margin) · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֳפִי (6073), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ephai (from margin). BDB 1906: pl. foliage. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֳפִי

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«עֳפִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ephai (from margin)** — 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:** 6073 · **BDB:** עפאים

### Glosses

foliage (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ephai (from margin) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6073/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. foliage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6073/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Kt, עֳפָיִם Qr n.\[m.\]pl. foliage (cf. Ges§93 z; Aramaic loan-word, 𝔗 עָפְיָא foliage, Syriac ܥܘܽܦܝܳܐ flower, branch);—ψ 104:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֳפִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6073/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.12/)

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עֲ֭לֵיהֶם עוֹף־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׁכּ֑וֹן מִבֵּ֥ין עֳ֝פָאיִ֗ם יִתְּנוּ־קֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* at them the.bird\[s\] of the.heavens it.dwells from between foliage they.give.forth voice

*JPS 1917:* Beside them dwell the fowl of the heaven, from among the branches they sing.

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