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title: פָּחַז — be wanton · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּחַז (6348), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be wanton. BDB 1906: vb. wanton, reckless. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּחַז

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«פָּחַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be wanton** — 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:** 6348 · **BDB:** פָּחַז

### Glosses

\[are\].insolent (1); undisciplined (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be wanton [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6348/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wanton, reckless [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6348/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be wanton, reckless (NH id. (rare); Arabic فَخَزَ be haughty, boastful, reckless; 𝔗 פְּחַז, Syriac ܦܚܶܙ be lascivious, in der. spec. and deriv.);— Pt. אֲנָשִׁים רֵיקִים וּפֹהֲזִים Ju 9:4; of prophets Zp 3:4 extravagant (‖ אַנְשֵׁי בֹּגְדוֹת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 «פָּחַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6348/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.4/)

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נְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ פֹּֽחֲזִ֔ים אַנְשֵׁ֖י בֹּֽגְד֑וֹת כֹּהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ חִלְּלוּ־קֹ֔דֶשׁ חָמְס֖וּ תּוֹרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* prophets its \[are\].insolent men of.treacheri(es) priests its they.profane \[the\].sanctuary they.treat.violently \[the\].law

*JPS 1917:* Her prophets are wanton and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned that which is holy, they have done violence to the law.

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[Judges 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.4/)

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וַיִּתְּנוּ־לוֹ֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף מִבֵּ֖יתּבַ֣עַל בְּרִ֑יתבַ֣עַל בְּרִ֑ית וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר בָּהֶ֜ם אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים רֵיקִים֙ וּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ אַחֲרָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and they.gave to him seventy silver from the.house of Baal-Berith and he.hired for them Abimelech men worthless and undisciplined and they.went after him

*JPS 1917:* And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.

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