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title: פָּסֵחַ — Paseah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּסֵחַ (6454), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Paseah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּסֵחַ

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«פָּסֵחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Paseah** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6454 · **BDB:** פָּסֵחַ

### Glosses

of.Paseah (3); Paseah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Paseah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6454/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6454/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (limper);— in Judah 1 Ch 4:12, Βεσσηε, Φεσση, etc. head of post-ex. family Ezr 2:49 = Ne 7:51, Φισον, etc., 𝔊L Φασσα. father of wall-builder Ne 3:6, Φασεκ, Φεσσε.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּסֵחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6454/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.49/)

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בְּנֵי־עֻזָּ֥א בְנֵי־פָסֵ֖חַ בְּנֵ֥י בֵסָֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Uzzah the.descendants of.Paseah the.descendants of.Besai

*JPS 1917:* the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai;

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[Nehemiah 7:51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.51/)

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בְּנֵי־גַזָּ֥ם בְּנֵי־עֻזָּ֖א בְּנֵ֥י פָסֵֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Gazzam the.descendants of.Uzzah the.descendants of.Paseah

*JPS 1917:* the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah;

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