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title: פִּסֵּחַ — lame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּסֵּחַ (6455), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: lame. BDB 1906: adj. lame. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּסֵּחַ

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«פִּסֵּחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lame** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 6455 · **BDB:** פִּסֵּחַ

### Glosses

lame (4); a.lame.\[person\] (3); \[people\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6455/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. lame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6455/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. lame;—abs. פ׳ 2 S 9:13 +; pl. פִּסְחִים 5:6 +;—as attrib. Lv 21:18 (+ עִוֵּר); pred. 2 S 19:27, פ׳ שְׁתֵּי רַגְלָיו 9:13 lame as to both his feet; cf. also (of animal) Dt 15:21 (+ עִוֵּר); as subst. 2 S 5:6, 8;(×2) Je 31:8; Mal 1:8, 13; Jb 29:15 (all + עִוֵּר), also Is 33:23; 35:6; Pr 26:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּסֵּחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6455/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.7/)

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דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.hang.down legs from a.lame.\[person\] and a.proverb in.\[the\] mouth of.fools

*JPS 1917:* The legs hang limp from the lame; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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[Job 29:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.15/)

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עֵינַ֣יִם הָ֭יִיתִי לַֽעִוֵּ֑ר וְרַגְלַ֖יִם לַפִּסֵּ֣חַ אָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* eyes I.was to the blind and.\[was\] feet to the lame I

*JPS 1917:* I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

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