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title: פָּחַח — ensnare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּחַח (6351), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ensnare. BDB 1906: vb.Hiph.denom. ensnare. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּחַח

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«פָּחַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ensnare** — 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:** 6351 · **BDB:** פָּחַח

### Glosses

they.are.trapped (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ensnare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6351/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Hiph.denom. ensnare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6351/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.Hiph.denom. ensnare; Inf. abs. הָפֵחַ כֻּלָּם Is 42:22, c. בְּ loc. an ensnaring \[i.e. men have ensnared\] them all in, etc.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּחַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6351/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 42:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.22/)

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וְהוּא֮ עַם־בָּז֣וּז וְשָׁסוּי֒ הָפֵ֤חַ בַּֽחוּרִים֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם וּבְבָתֵּ֥י כְלָאִ֖ים הָחְבָּ֑אוּ הָי֤וּ לָבַז֙ וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּ֔יל מְשִׁסָּ֖ה וְאֵין־אֹמֵ֥ר הָשַֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* and it \[is\].a.people despoiled and plundered they.are.trapped in (the) holes of.them all and in houses of.imprisonment(s) they.are.hidden they.have.become (into) spoil and there.\[is\].not a.deliverer plunder and there.\[is\].not \[one.who\].says bring.\[it\].back

*JPS 1917:* But this is a people robbed and spoiled, they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses; they are for a prey, and none delivereth, for a spoil, and none saith: 'Restore.'

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