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title: פָּשָׂה — spread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּשָׂה (6581), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: spread. BDB 1906: vb. spread. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּשָׂה

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«פָּשָׂה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spread** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 6581 · **BDB:** פָּשָׂה

### Glosses

it.has.spread (14); it.will.spread (4); truly.(spread) (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6581/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. spread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6581/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spread, intrans. (NH פָּסָה id.; Arabic فَشَا (فشو) be divulged, spread, be extensive);— Pf. 3 ms. פ׳ Lv 13:5 +, 3 fs. פָּֽשְׂתָה v 8, פָּשָׂ֑תָה v 23; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְשֶׂה v 35, 3 fs. תִּפְשֶׂה v 7 +; Inf. abs. פָּשׂה v 7 +;—only Lv 13, 14, of leprosy and like eruptions: c. בָּעוֹר, בַּבֶּגֶד, etc., Lv 13:5 + 7 times 13, 14:39, 44, 48 + בָּעוֹר פָּשׂה יִפְשֶׂה (תִּפ׳) 13:7, 22, 27, 35; abs. v 23, 32, 55.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּשָׂה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6581/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.35/)

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וְאִם־פָּשֹׂ֥ה יִפְשֶׂ֛ה הַנֶּ֖תֶק בָּע֑וֹר אַחֲרֵ֖י טָהֳרָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and if truly.(spread) it.will.spread the scall in the skin after purification his

*JPS 1917:* But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing,

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[Leviticus 13:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.22/)

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וְאִם־פָּשֹׂ֥ה תִפְשֶׂ֖ה בָּע֑וֹר וְטִמֵּ֧א הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֹת֖וֹ נֶ֥גַע הִֽוא׃

*Word for word:* and if truly.(spread) it.will.spread in the skin and he.will.declare.unclean the priest him \[is\].a.plague it

*JPS 1917:* And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.

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