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title: פָּסַל — hew · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּסַל (6458), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: hew. BDB 1906: vb. hew, hew into shape. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּסַל

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«פָּסַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hew** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6458 · **BDB:** פָּסַל

### Glosses

cut.out (2); I.cut.out (1); he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6458/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hew, hew into shape [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6458/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hew, hew into shape (NH Pi. hew off boughs; Aramaic פְּסַל, ܦܣܰܠ = BH; Nab. פסלא stone-cutter);— Pf. 3 ms. sf. פְּסָלוֹ Hb 2:18; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּפְסֹל Ex 34:4, etc.; Imv. ms. פְּסָל־ Ex 34:1; Dt 10:1;—hew out stone tablets Ex 34:1, 4; Dt 10:1, 3; building-stones 1 K 5:32; c. cogn. acc. (sf. referring to פֶּסֶל) Hb 2:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּסַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6458/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 5:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.5.32/)

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וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ בֹּנֵ֧י שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וּבֹנֵ֥י חִיר֖וֹם וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים וַיָּכִ֛ינוּ הָעֵצִ֥ים וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים לִבְנ֥וֹת הַבָּֽיִת׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.cut.\[them\].out the.builders of.Solomon and the.builders of.Hiram and the Gebalites and they.prepared the wood(s) and the stones to build the house

*JPS 1917:* And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

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[Habakkuk 2:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.18/)

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מָֽה־הוֹעִ֣יל פֶּ֗סֶל כִּ֤י פְסָלוֹ֙ יֹֽצְר֔וֹ מַסֵּכָ֖ה וּמ֣וֹרֶה שָּׁ֑קֶר כִּ֣י בָטַ֞ח יֹצֵ֤ר יִצְרוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֱלִילִ֥ים אִלְּמִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* what? does.it.profit a.carved.image (dm) he has.carved.it \[the one.who\].formed.it a.molten.image and \[that.which\].teaches falsehood (dm) he.relies \[the.one.who\].formed form its on it to make idols dumb

*JPS 1917:* What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it, even the molten image, and the teacher of lies; that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

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