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title: עָשֵׁן — smoking · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשֵׁן (6226), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: smoking. BDB 1906: adj. smoking. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשֵׁן

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«עָשֵׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **smoking** — 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:** 6226 · **BDB:** עָשֵׁן

### Glosses

smoking (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smoking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6226/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. smoking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6226/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. smoking;—ע׳ of mt. Ex 20:18 (Gi v 15); pl. הָאוּדִים הָעֲשֵׁנִים Is 7:4 the smoking firebrands (dying out; in fig.).

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָשֵׁן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6226/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 20:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.18/)

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וְכָל־הָעָם֩ רֹאִ֨ים אֶת־הַקּוֹלֹ֜ת וְאֶת־הַלַּפִּידִ֗ם וְאֵת֙ ק֣וֹל הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר וְאֶת־הָהָ֖ר עָשֵׁ֑ן וַיַּ֤רְא הָעָם֙ וַיָּנֻ֔עוּ וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ מֵֽרָחֹֽק׃

*Word for word:* and all the people \[were\].seeing (et) the.thunder claps and (et) the lightning(s) and (et) the.sound of the.ram's.horn and (et) the mountain smoking and it.saw the people and they.trembled and they.stood from a.distance

*JPS 1917:* And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

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[Isaiah 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.4/)

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וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֵ֠לָיו הִשָּׁמֵ֨ר וְהַשְׁקֵ֜ט אַל־תִּירָ֗א וּלְבָבְךָ֙ אַל־יֵרַ֔ךְ מִשְּׁנֵ֨י זַנְב֧וֹת הָאוּדִ֛ים הָעֲשֵׁנִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה בָּחֳרִי־אַ֛ף רְצִ֥ין וַאֲרָ֖ם וּבֶן־רְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.say to him take.care and show.quietness do.not be.afraid and heart your not let.it.be.timid from the.two the.stumps of.(the) pieces.of.firewood (the) smoking (the) these by the.heat of.the.anger of.Rezin and Aram and the.son of.Remaliah

*JPS 1917:* and say unto him: Keep calm, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.

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