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title: פַּחַד — thigh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּחַד (6344), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: thigh. BDB 1906: thigh. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּחַד

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«פַּחַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thigh** — 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:** 6344 · **BDB:** פַּ֫חַד²

### Glosses

its.thighs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6344/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6344/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thigh (prob. loan-word (through Aramaic, otherwise ذ = ז) from Arabic فَخِذٌ thigh and (cf. WeGGN, 1893, 479) sub-tribe, Palm. פחד tribe);—גִּידֵי פַחְדּוֹ Jb 40:17 Kt the sinews of his thigh (Qr du. פַחֲדָיו), of hippopotamus.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «פַּחַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6344/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.17/)

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יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָב֣וֹ כְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדָ֣יו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.stiffens tail its like a.cedar the.tendons its.thighs his they.are.intertwined

*JPS 1917:* He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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