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title: פָּסִיל — idol · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּסִיל (6456), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: idol. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּסִיל

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«פָּסִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **idol** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 6456 · **BDB:** פָּסִיל

### Glosses

idols (11); images (6); the.images (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

idol [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6456/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6456/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dt 7:25 id.;—pl. (פֶּ֫סֶל serving as sg.) פְּסִילִים Ju 3:19 +; פְּסִלִים Ho 11:2 +; cstr. פְּסִילֵי Je 51:47 +; sf. פְּסִילֶיךָ Mi 5:12, etc.;—idols, Ho 11:2; Is 10:10 + 10 times, + (of wood, c. שָׂרַף) Dt 7:5, 25, so (c. גִּדַּע) 12:3; of stone Is 21:9 (c. שִׁבַּר), Ju 3:19, 26 (cf. GFM), stone or metal Mi 1:7; 2 Ch 34:7 (כִּתַּת), cf. v 3, 4; (sheathed with) silver Is 30:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּסִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6456/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.58/)

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וַיַּכְעִיס֥וּהוּ בְּבָמוֹתָ֑ם וּ֝בִפְסִילֵיהֶ֗ם יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they provoked.him.to.anger by their.high places and by idols their they made.him.jealous

*JPS 1917:* For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.

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[Jeremiah 50:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.38/)

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חֹ֥רֶב אֶל־מֵימֶ֖יהָ וְיָבֵ֑שׁוּ כִּ֣י אֶ֤רֶץ פְּסִלִים֙ הִ֔יא וּבָאֵימִ֖ים יִתְהֹלָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* a.drought against waters its and they.will.dry.up (dm) \[is\].a.land of.idols it and in (the) terrors they.will.act.like.mad.people

*JPS 1917:* A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad upon things of horror.

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