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title: פּוּקָה — tottering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוּקָה (6330), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: tottering. BDB 1906: n.f. tottering, staggering. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פּוּקָה

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«פּוּקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tottering** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6330 · **BDB:** פּוּקָה

### Glosses

staggering (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tottering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6330/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tottering, staggering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6330/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. tottering, staggering;—fig. for qualm of conscience 1 S 25:31 (+ מִכְשׁוֹל לֵב, v. Dr).

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פּוּקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6330/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 25:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.31/)

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וְלֹ֣א תִהְיֶ֣ה זֹ֣את ׀ לְךָ֡ לְפוּקָה֩ וּלְמִכְשׁ֨וֹל לֵ֜ב לַאדֹנִ֗י וְלִשְׁפָּךְ־דָּם֙ חִנָּ֔ם וּלְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אֲדֹנִ֖י ל֑וֹ וְהֵיטִ֤ב יְהוָה֙ לַֽאדֹנִ֔י וְזָכַרְתָּ֖ אֶת־אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ס

*Word for word:* and not it.will.become this for you (into) staggering and (into) stumbling of.heart for lord my and.(into) pouring out of.blood without.cause and to deliver lord my (to) himself and he.will.do.good Yahweh to lord my and you.will.remember (et) maidservant your

*JPS 1917:* that this shall be no stumbling-block unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath found redress for himself. And when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.'

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