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title: פּוּשׁ — spring about · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוּשׁ (6335), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: spring about. BDB 1906: vb. spring about. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פּוּשׁ

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«פּוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spring about** — 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:** 6335 · **BDB:** פּוּשׁ

### Glosses

they.are.scattered (1); they.paw.the.ground (1); you.are.skipping.about (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spring about [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6335/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. spring about [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6335/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. appar. spring about, Pf. 3 pl. consec. וּפָשׁוּ פָּרָשָׁיו Hb 1:8 (but prob. del. וּפָשׁוּ as dittogr. v. Now); 2 mpl. consec. וּפִשְׁתֶּם Mal 3:20, Impf. 2 mpl. תָּפוּשׁוּ Je 50:11 Qr (so 𝔊; \> Kt תפושׁי), in both, sim. of gambolling calves.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פּוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6335/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 50:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.11/)

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כִּ֤י תִשְׂמְחוּ֙ כִּ֣י תַֽעֲלְז֔וּשֹׁסֵ֖י נַחֲלָתִ֑י כִּ֤י תָפ֙וּשׁוּ֙ כְּעֶגְלָ֣ה דָשָׁ֔ה וְתִצְהֲל֖וּ כָּאֲבִּרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.are.rejoicing (dm) you.are.gloating O.\[you.who\].plunder inheritance (of).my (dm) you.are.skipping.about like a.heifer threshing and you.are.neighing like.(the) mighty \[horses\]

*JPS 1917:* Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder My heritage, because ye gambol as a heifer at grass, and neigh as strong horses;

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[Nahum 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.18/)

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נָמ֤וּ רֹעֶ֙יךָ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ אַדִּירֶ֑יךָ נָפֹ֧שׁוּ עַמְּךָ֛ עַל־הֶהָרִ֖ים וְאֵ֥ין מְקַבֵּֽץ׃

*Word for word:* they.are.slumbering shepherds your O.king of.Assyria they.settle.down your nobles they.are.scattered people your on the mountains and there.\[is\].not \[one.who\].gathers

*JPS 1917:* Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria, thy worthies are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.

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