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title: פּוּק — reel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוּק (6328), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: reel. BDB 1906: vb. reel, totter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פּוּק

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«פּוּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reel** — 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:** 6328 · **BDB:** פּוּק

### Glosses

it.will.stagger (1); they.staggered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6328/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. reel, totter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6328/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. reel, totter;— Pf. 3 pl. פָּק֫וּ פְּלִילִיָּה Is 28:7 they reel (drunken, in giving) judgment (‖ שָׁגוּ, תָּעוּ, etc.); read prob. also Impf. 3 fs. תָּפוּק Am 2:13 tottereth (v. עוק). Impf. 1. totter: 3 ms. יָפִיק Je 10:4 (of idol).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פּוּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6328/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 10:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.4/)

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בְּכֶ֥סֶף וּבְזָהָ֖ב יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹת וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת יְחַזְּק֖וּם וְל֥וֹא יָפִֽיק׃

*Word for word:* with silver and with gold he beautifies.it with nails and with hammers they make.them.strong and not it.will.stagger

*JPS 1917:* They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

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[Isaiah 28:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.7/)

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וְגַם־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ בַּיַּ֣יִן שָׁג֔וּ וּבַשֵּׁכָ֖ר תָּע֑וּ כֹּהֵ֣ן וְנָבִיא֩ שָׁג֨וּ בַשֵּׁכָ֜ר נִבְלְע֣וּ מִן־הַיַּ֗יִן תָּעוּ֙ מִן־הַשֵּׁכָ֔ר שָׁגוּ֙ בָּֽרֹאֶ֔ה פָּק֖וּ פְּלִילִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and also these with (the) wine they.reeled and with.(the) strong drink they.staggered priest and prophet they.reeled with.(the) strong drink they.were.confused from (the) wine they.staggered from (the).strong drink they.reeled in the vision they.staggered decision

*JPS 1917:* But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment.

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