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title: פָּגַשׁ — meet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּגַשׁ (6298), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: meet. BDB 1906: vb. meet, encounter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּגַשׁ

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«פָּגַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **meet** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 6298 · **BDB:** פָּגַשׁ

### Glosses

he (3); they.meet.one.another (3); I (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

meet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6298/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. meet, encounter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6298/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. meet, encounter (syn. פָּגַע);— Pf. 1 s. פָּגָ֑שְׁתִּי Gn 33:8; 3 pl. consec. וּפָֽגְשׁוּ Is 34:14; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִפְֿגָֽשְׁךָ֫ Gn 32:18 (Gi; Baer יִפְגָֽשְׁךָ֫; van d. H. יִֽפְגָּֽשְׁךָ֫), וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁהוּ Ex 4:24, 27; 3 fs. וַתִּפְגֹשׁ 1 S 25:20 (read prob. וַתִּפְגֹּשׁ Ges§ 47 k, cf. van d. H.), etc.; Inf. abs. פָּגוֹש Pr 17:12; cstr. פְּגשׁ Je 41:6;—meet, c. acc. Gn 33:8 1 S 25:20 Is 34:14 Je 41:6, so c. sf. Gn 32:18 Ex 4:24, 27 2 S 2:13; meet, encounter, of bear, c. ב pers. Pr 17:12, of י׳ (like a bear) Ho 13:8 (c. sf. pers.). meet together, each other, Pf. 3 pl. נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ Pr 22:2; 29:13, fig. of חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת ψ 85:11. intens. Impf. 3 mpl. יְפַגְּשׁוּ חֹשֶׁךְ Jb 5:14 they keep encountering darkness in the daytime.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּגַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6298/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 85:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.85.11/)

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חֶֽסֶד־וֶאֱמֶ֥ת נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ צֶ֖דֶק וְשָׁל֣וֹם נָשָֽׁקוּ׃

*Word for word:* covenant.loyalty and faithfulness they.meet.one.another righteousness and peace they.kiss

*JPS 1917:* Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

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[Proverbs 22:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.2/)

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עָשִׁ֣יר וָרָ֣שׁ נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ עֹשֵׂ֖ה כֻלָּ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].rich and.\[the\] poor they.meet.one.another \[is.the\].maker all.of.them their Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* The rich and the poor meet together — the LORD is the maker of them all.

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