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title: פֶּצַע — bruise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּצַע (6482), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: bruise. BDB 1906: n.m. bruise wound. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּצַע

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«פֶּצַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bruise** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 6482 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫צַע

### Glosses

bruise (3); bruises (2); \[the\].bruises (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bruise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6482/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bruise wound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6482/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.Pr 27:6 bruise wound;—abs. פ׳ Ex 21:25; Is 1:6 (fig.), Pr 20:30, פָּ֑צַע Ex 21:25; sf. פִּצְעִי Gn 4:23; pl. פְּצָעִים Pr 23:29; fig. also cstr. פִּצְעֵי 27:6 and sf. פְּצָעַי Jb 9:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּצַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6482/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.6/)

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נֶ֭אֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵ֣י אוֹהֵ֑ב וְ֝נַעְתָּר֗וֹת נְשִׁיק֥וֹת שׂוֹנֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].reliable \[the\].bruises of.\[one.who\].loves and.\[are\] abundant \[the\].kisses of.\[one.who\].hates

*JPS 1917:* Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.

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[Exodus 21:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.25/)

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כְּוִיָּה֙ תַּ֣חַת כְּוִיָּ֔ה פֶּ֖צַע תַּ֣חַת פָּ֑צַע חַבּוּרָ֕ה תַּ֖חַת חַבּוּרָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* burning in.place.of burning bruise in.place.of bruise wound in.place.of wound

*JPS 1917:* burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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