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title: פּוּר — break · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוּר (6331), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: break. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פּוּר

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«פּוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **break** — 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:** 6331 · **BDB:** פור

### Glosses

he.broke (1); he.frustrates (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

break [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6331/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (√ foll.; poss. foam, cf. Arabic ((فور), فَارَ), boil, ferment; Syriac ܦܘܪ, Ethpe., of anger).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פּוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6331/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 33:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.10/)

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יְֽהוָ֗ה הֵפִ֥יר עֲצַת־גּוֹיִ֑ם הֵ֝נִ֗יא מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת עַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh he.frustrates \[the\].counsel of.nations he.frustrates \[the\].plans of.peoples

*JPS 1917:* The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

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[Ezekiel 17:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.19/)

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לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה־אָמַ֨ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֮ חַי־אָנִי֒ אִם־לֹ֗א אָֽלָתִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּזָ֔ה וּבְרִיתִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵפִ֑יר וּנְתַתִּ֖יו בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh \[by\].the.life of.me if not oath my which he.despised and covenant my which he.broke and I will.requite.it on his.own head

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As I live, surely Mine oath that he hath despised, and My covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.

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