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title: פַּחֲזוּת — recklessness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּחֲזוּת (6350), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: recklessness. BDB 1906: n.f. recklessness, extravagance. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּחֲזוּת

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«פַּחֲזוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **recklessness** — 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:** 6350 · **BDB:** פַּחֲזוּת

### Glosses

recklessness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

recklessness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6350/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. recklessness, extravagance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6350/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. recklessness, extravagance;—sf. תָם- Je 23:32 of prophets.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּחֲזוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6350/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 23:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.32/)

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הִ֠נְנִי עַֽל־נִבְּאֵ֞י חֲלֹמ֥וֹת שֶׁ֙קֶר֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיְסַפְּרוּם֙ וַיַּתְע֣וּ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י בְּשִׁקְרֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְפַחֲזוּתָ֑ם וְאָנֹכִ֨י לֹֽא־שְׁלַחְתִּ֜ים וְלֹ֣א צִוִּיתִ֗ים וְהוֹעֵ֛יל לֹֽא־יוֹעִ֥ילוּ לָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* here I \[am\].on \[those.who\].prophesy (of).dreams of.falsehood the.utterance of.Yahweh and they have.recounted.them and they.caused.to.err (et) people my by falsehoods their and by recklessness their and I not I sent.them and not I appointed.them and at.all.(benefit) not they.benefit (to) the people (the) this the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their wantonness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither can they profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

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