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title: פֶּחָם — coal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּחָם (6352), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: coal. BDB 1906: coal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּחָם

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«פֶּחָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **coal** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6352 · **BDB:** פֶּחָם

### Glosses

charcoal (2); of.charcoal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

coal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6352/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

coal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6352/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] coal (coll.); abs. פ׳, as inflammable, פ׳ לְגֶחָלִים Pr 26:21 (charcoal for embers, Toy); of glowing coal Is 44:12, אֵשׁ פ׳ 54:16; ψ 11:6 for MT פַּחִ֑ים אֵשׁ read פַּחַם אֵשׁ (or פַּחֲמֵי) coals of fire (‖ גָּפְרִית), so Ew al.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «פֶּחָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6352/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.21/)

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פֶּחָ֣ם לְ֭גֶחָלִים וְעֵצִ֣ים לְאֵ֑שׁ וְאִ֥ישׁ מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים לְחַרְחַר־רִֽיב׃פ

*Word for word:* charcoal to burning.coals and wood(s) to fire and a.person of.contentions to kindling strife

*JPS 1917:* As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

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[Isaiah 54:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.16/)

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הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ בָּרָ֣אתִי חָרָ֔שׁ נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ פֶּחָ֔ם וּמוֹצִ֥יא כְלִ֖י לְמַעֲשֵׂ֑הוּ וְאָנֹכִ֛י בָּרָ֥אתִי מַשְׁחִ֖ית לְחַבֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* here! I I.created a.craftsman \[who\].blows on a.fire of.charcoal and.\[who\] produces a.weapon for work its and I I.created a.destroyer to ruin

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

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