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title: פּוּג — grow numb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוּג (6313), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: grow numb. BDB 1906: vb. grow numb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פּוּג

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«פּוּג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **grow numb** — 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:** 6313 · **BDB:** פּוּג

### Glosses

it.grew.numb (2); I.am.numb (1); it.grows.numb (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grow numb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6313/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. grow numb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6313/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grow numb (Arabic فَاجَ grow cool; Syriac ܦܳܓ be cold (Mt 24:12), 𝔗 פּוּג cease, be helpless; NH id., fail, vanish);\*— Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּפָג לִבּוֹ Gn 45:26; 3 fs. תָּפוּג ψ 77:3 of hand (si vera l., v. נגר), i.e. drop helpless; Hb 1:4 of תּוֹרָה, i.e. be ineffective. Pf. 1 s. נְפוּגֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּיתִי ψ 38:9 I am benumbed and crushed (fig.); read prob. also אֶפּוֹגָה ψ 88:16 (for MT ἅπ. λεγ. אָפוּנָה), Ol Hup Dy Gr Che אָפוּגָה.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פּוּג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6313/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.9/)

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נְפוּג֣וֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥ת לִבִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* I.am.numb and I.am.crushed up.to muchness I.roar from the.groaning my.heart my

*JPS 1917:* I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.

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[Psalms 77:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.3/)

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בְּי֥וֹם צָרָתִי֮ אֲדֹנָ֪י דָּ֫רָ֥שְׁתִּי יָדִ֤י ׀ לַ֣יְלָה נִ֭גְּרָה וְלֹ֣א תָפ֑וּג מֵאֲנָ֖ה הִנָּחֵ֣ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* in the.day my.distress my Lord \[the\] I.sought hand my night it.was.stretched.out and not it.grew.numb it.refused to.be.comforted self my

*JPS 1917:* In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; with my hand uplifted, mine eye streameth in the night without ceasing; my soul refuseth to be comforted.

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