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title: פַּס — flat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּס (6446), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: flat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּס

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«פַּס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flat** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6446 · **BDB:** פַּס²

### Glosses

the.palms.and.soles (3); of.palms.and.soles (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6446/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] flat of hand or foot (palm, sole);—only כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים tunic reaching to palms and soles (v. כ׳) Gn 37:3, 23, 32; 2 S 13:18, 19 (cf. Dr).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6446/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 37:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.3/)

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וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָהַ֤ב אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִכָּל־בָּנָ֔יו כִּֽי־בֶן־זְקֻנִ֥ים ה֖וּא ל֑וֹ וְעָ֥שָׂה ל֖וֹ כְּתֹ֥נֶת פַּסִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Israel he.loved (et) Joseph more than.all sons his (dm) \[was\].a.son of.old.age(s) he for him and he.made for him a.long.garment of.palms.and.soles

*JPS 1917:* Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colours.

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[Genesis 37:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.23/)

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וַֽיְהִ֕י כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א יוֹסֵ֖ף אֶל־אֶחָ֑יו וַיַּפְשִׁ֤יטוּ אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־כֻּתָּנְתּ֔וֹ אֶת־כְּתֹ֥נֶת הַפַּסִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and it.was when he.came Joseph to brothers his and they.stripped (et) Joseph (et) garment his.long (et) the.long.garment of the.palms.and.soles which \[was\].on him

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that was on him;

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