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title: פְּחֶתֶת — a boring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּחֶתֶת (6356), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a boring. BDB 1906: n.f. boring or eating out. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּחֶתֶת

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«פְּחֶתֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a boring** — 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:** 6356 · **BDB:** פְּחֶ֫תֶת

### Glosses

\[is\].a.mildew (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a boring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6356/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. boring or eating out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6356/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a boring or eating out;—Lv 13:55, of leprous decay in garment.

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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 (1 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 «פְּחֶתֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6356/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.55/)

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וְרָאָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אַחֲרֵ֣י ׀ הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע וְ֠הִנֵּה לֹֽא־הָפַ֨ךְ הַנֶּ֤גַע אֶת־עֵינוֹ֙ וְהַנֶּ֣גַע לֹֽא־פָשָׂ֔ה טָמֵ֣א ה֔וּא בָּאֵ֖שׁ תִּשְׂרְפֶ֑נּוּ פְּחֶ֣תֶת הִ֔וא בְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹ א֥וֹ בְגַבַּחְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.see the priest after was.washed.out (et) the plague and there! not it.has.turned the plague (et) eye its and the plague not it.has.spread \[is\].unclean it with (the) fire you will.burn.it \[is\].a.mildew it on its.bald spot or on its.bald front

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without.

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