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title: פֹּעַל — doing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֹּעַל (6467), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: doing. BDB 1906: n.m. doing, deed, work. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֹּעַל

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«פֹּעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **doing** — 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:** 37 times · **Key:** 6467 · **BDB:** פֹּ֫עַל

### Glosses

work (13); to (5); deed\[s\] (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

doing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6467/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. doing, deed, work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6467/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 20:11 doing, deed, work (poet. and late, nearly = מַעֲשֶׂה);—פ׳ abs. Hb 1:1 ψ 44:2, cstr. Dt 33:11 +; sf. פָּעֳלוֹ 32:4 +, פֹּעֲלוֹ Is 1:31 (Köii. 1, 35, 493 Ges§ 93 q, v. infr.), Je 22:13; פָּעָלְכֶם Is 41:24, etc.; pl. פְּעָלִים; 2 S 23:20; 1 Ch 11:22;— deed, thing done: of God, פָּעֳלוֹ his work in providence Dt 32:4; Is 5:12; Jb 36:24; in deliverance ψ 44:2 (as acc. cogn.), 77:13 + 5 times; in judgment 64:10; 95:9, as acc. cogn. Hb 1:5. of false gods Is 41:24. of men, daily toil Jb 24:5 ψ 104:23; specif. act Ru 2:12; פ׳ יָדָיו of sacrificing Dt 33:11; pl. of achievements 2 S 23:20 = 1 Ch 11:32; action as having moral quality Jb 34:11; Pr 20:11; 24:12, 29, evil implied Je 25:14; 50:29; Jb 36:9 ψ 28:4, פ׳ כַּפָּיו 9:17; פ׳ חָמָס Is 59:6; good action Pr 21:8. work, thing made: by hands of God Is 45:9, 11 (of men). by man Is 1:31 (i.e. prob. his idol Ges CheComm. Di al.; \> read בַּעֲלוֹ LagSem. 1:5 StaZAW iii (1883), 12 f.). wages of work Je 22:13; Jb 7:2. acquisition of treasures Pr 21:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֹּעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6467/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.24/)

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זְ֭כֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּ֣יא פָעֳל֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר שֹׁרְר֣וּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* remember (dm).that you.will.magnify work his which they.have.sung people

*JPS 1917:* Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.

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[Proverbs 21:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.6/)

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פֹּ֣עַל א֭וֹצָרוֹת בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר הֶ֥בֶל נִ֝דָּ֗ף מְבַקְשֵׁי־מָֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].acquisition of.treasures by a.tongue of.falsehood \[is\].a.breath driven.about seekers of.death

*JPS 1917:* The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

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