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title: פָּזַז — be supple · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּזַז (6339), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be supple. BDB 1906: vb. be supple, agile. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּזַז

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«פָּזַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be supple** — 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:** 6339 · **BDB:** פָּזַז²

### Glosses

leaping (1); they.were.agile (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be supple [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6339/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be supple, agile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6339/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be supple, agile (Talm. (rare) פְּזִיזָא hasty; Arabic فَزَّ be frightened, excited; Syriac (Lexx.) ܦܰܙ leap, ܦܰܙܻܝܙܳܐ agile, etc.);— Impf. 3 mpl. וַיָּפֹ֫זּוּ Gn 49:24, of arms. shew agility, leap (in dance), Pt. מְפַזֵּז וּמְכַרְכֵּר 2 S 6:16.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּזַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6339/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.24/)

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וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן֙ קַשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַיָּפֹ֖זּוּ זְרֹעֵ֣י יָדָ֑יו מִידֵי֙ אֲבִ֣יר יַעֲקֹ֔ב מִשָּׁ֥ם רֹעֶ֖ה אֶ֥בֶן יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and it.remained in permanence bow his and they.were.agile the.arms his.hands his from the.hands of.the.mighty.one of.Jacob \[is\].from there \[the\].shepherd the.stone of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* But his bow abode firm, and the arms of his hands were made supple, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, from thence, from the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,

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[2 Samuel 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.16/)

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וְהָיָה֙ אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה בָּ֖א עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וּמִיכַ֨ל בַּת־שָׁא֜וּל נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה ׀ בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֗וֹן וַתֵּ֨רֶא אֶת־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִד֙ מְפַזֵּ֤ז וּמְכַרְכֵּר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַתִּ֥בֶז ל֖וֹ בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the.ark of.Yahweh coming the.city of.David and Michal the.daughter of.Saul she.looked.down through the window and she.saw (et) the king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh and she.despised (to) him in heart her

*JPS 1917:* And it was so, as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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