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title: פִּסְגָּה — Pisgah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּסְגָּה (6449), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Pisgah. BDB 1906: n.pr.mont. Pisgah. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּסְגָּה

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«פִּסְגָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Pisgah** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 6449 · **BDB:** פִּסְגָּה

### Glosses

Pisgah (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Pisgah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6449/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.mont. Pisgah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6449/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.mont. Pisgah (prob. cleft, from a natural feature of mt.; Dr Dt 3:17);—always הַפּ׳: רֹאשׁ הַפּ׳ Nu 21:20; 23:14; Dt 3:27; 34:1; אַשְׁדֹּת הַפּ׳ 3:17; 4:19; Jos 12:3; 13:20; mt. in Moab, on NE. shore of Dead Sea, exact loc. unknown (cf. Fešḫa as a cliff on NW. shore, v. Di Nu 21:20); Φασγα Dt 3:17 +, τ. λαξευτήν 4:49, Λελαξευμένου Nu 21:20 +.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּסְגָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6449/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 13:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.20/)

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וּבֵ֥ית פְּע֛וֹר בֵ֥ית פְּע֛וֹר וְאַשְׁדּ֥וֹת הַפִּסְגָּ֖ה וּבֵ֥ית הַיְשִׁמֽוֹת בֵ֥ית הַיְשִׁמֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and Beth Peor and the.slopes of.(the) Pisgah and Beth Jeshimoth

*JPS 1917:* and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth;

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[Numbers 21:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.20/)

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וּמִבָּמ֗וֹת הַגַּיְא֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה מוֹאָ֔ב רֹ֖אשׁ הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃פ

*Word for word:* and from Bamoth the valley which \[is\].in the.region of.Moab the.top of.(the) Pisgah and it.looked.down over the.face of.(the) Jeshimon

*JPS 1917:* and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, by the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.

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