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title: פִּגּוּל — foul thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּגּוּל (6292), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: foul thing. BDB 1906: n.m. foul thing, refuse. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּגּוּל

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«פִּגּוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **foul thing** — 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:** 6292 · **BDB:** פִּגּוּל

### Glosses

\[is\].unclean.meat (1); of.unclean.meat (1); of.unclean.meat(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foul thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6292/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. foul thing, refuse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6292/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 7:18 foul thing, refuse, but only as term. techn. of unclean sacrificial flesh;—it is פ׳ if eaten on third day Lv 7:18 (P), 19:7 (H); cf. בְּשַׂר פ׳ Ez 4:14 (undefined); pl. מְרַק פִּגֻּלִים Is 65:4 broth of refuse things (Kt פרק), RSSem i. 325, 2nd ed. 343 thinks of flesh with the blood; Duad loc. of mice and other unclean animals.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּגּוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6292/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 19:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.7/)

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וְאִ֛ם הֵאָכֹ֥ל יֵאָכֵ֖ל בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י פִּגּ֥וּל ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵרָצֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and if indeed.(eaten) it.will.be.eaten on the day (the) third \[is\].unclean.meat it not it.will.be.accepted

*JPS 1917:* And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is a vile thing; it shall not be accepted.

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[Isaiah 65:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.4/)

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הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ בַּקְּבָרִ֔ים וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖ים יָלִ֑ינוּ הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ בְּשַׂ֣ר הַחֲזִ֔יר וּמְרַ֥ק פִּגֻּלִ֖ים כְּלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].sit among the graves and in.(the) secret places they.spend.the.night \[those who\].eat the.flesh of the.pig and broth of.unclean.meat(s) vessels \[is\].their

*JPS 1917:* That sit among the graves, and lodge in the vaults; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

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