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title: פִּיחַ — soot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּיחַ (6368), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: soot. BDB 1906: soot. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּיחַ

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«פִּיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **soot** — 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:** 6368 · **BDB:** פִּיחַ

### Glosses

soot (1); the.soot (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

soot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6368/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

soot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6368/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] soot, 𝔊 αἰθάλη (? wafted about);—cstr. פ׳ (הַ)כִּבְשָׁן Ex 9:8, 10 (P) furnace-soot.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6368/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 9:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.8/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֒ קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ מְלֹ֣א חָפְנֵיכֶ֔ם פִּ֖יחַ כִּבְשָׁ֑ן וּזְרָק֥וֹ מֹשֶׁ֛ה הַשָּׁמַ֖יְמָה לְעֵינֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to Moses and to Aaron take (for yourselves the.fullness the.hollow.of.your.hands your soot of.a.kiln and he will.sprinkle.it Moses towards the heavens to the.eyes of.Pharaoh

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh.

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[Exodus 9:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.10/)

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וַיִּקְח֞וּ אֶת־פִּ֣יחַ הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ן וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וַיִּזְרֹ֥ק אֹת֛וֹ מֹשֶׁ֖ה הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה וַיְהִ֗י שְׁחִין֙ אֲבַעְבֻּעֹ֔ת פֹּרֵ֕חַ בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.took (et) the.soot of.(the) kiln and they.stood before Pharaoh and he.sprinkled it Moses towards the heavens and it.became boil\[s\] blisters breaking.out on (the) humankind and on the livestock

*JPS 1917:* And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.

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