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title: פָּשַׁע — rebel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּשַׁע (6586), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 41 times: rebel. BDB 1906: vb. rebel, transgress. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּשַׁע

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«פָּשַׁע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rebel** — 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:** 41 times · **Key:** 6586 · **BDB:** פָּשַׁע

### Glosses

it.rebelled (5); they.have.rebelled (5); transgressors (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6586/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rebel, transgress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6586/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rebel, transgress (NH id.; Syriac ܦܫܰܥ is be terrified, ܦܫܺܝܥܳܐ tepid, insipid);— Pf. 3 ms. פ׳ 2 K 3:7 +, 2 fs. פָּשַׁ֫עַתְּ Zp 3:11; פָּשָׁ֑עַתְּ Je 3:13, etc.; Impf. יִפְשַׁע Pr 28:21 + 8 times Impf.; Imv. mpl. פִּשְׁעוּ Am 4:4; Inf. abs. פָּשֹׁעַ Is 59:13; cstr. פְּשֹׁעַ Am 4:4; Ez 10:13; Pt. פֹּשֵׁעַ Is 48:8; פֹּשְׁעִים Is 1:28 +, etc.;— rebel, revolt, of nations, c. בְּ against, 1 K 12:19; 2 K 1:1; 3:5, 7; 2 Ch 10:19; abs. 2 K 8:22, מִתַּחַת יַד v 20, 22 2 Ch 21:8, 10(×2); פָּֽשְׁעוּ בִי Is 1:2 (Isr. under fig. of י׳’s sons). transgress against God, abs. Is 1:28; 46:8; 48:8; 53:12(×2) Ho 14:10; Am 4:4(×2); La 3:42 Dn 8:23 ψ 37:38; 51:15, for (עַל) a bit of bread Pr 28:21; בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה Ezr 10:13 in this thing; עַל תּוֹרָתִי Ho 8:1; elsewhere c. בְּ against God: פ׳ ב׳ Is 43:27; 59:13; 66:24; Je 2:8, 29; 3:13; 33:8; Ez 2:3; 20:38; Ho 7:13; פְּשָׁעִים אשׁר פ׳ ב 1 K 8:50; Ez 18:31; עלילות אשׁר פ׳ ב Zp 3:11. Pf. 3 ms. אָח נִפְשַׁע (van d. H. Pt. נִפְשָׁע) a brother (who has been) offended Pr 18:19, but very dubious, cf. Toy.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּשַׁע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6586/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 37:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.38/)

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וּֽ֭פֹשְׁעִים נִשְׁמְד֣וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו אַחֲרִ֖ית רְשָׁעִ֣ים נִכְרָֽתָה׃

*Word for word:* and transgressors they.will.be.destroyed altogether \[the\].future of.wicked.\[people\] it.will.be.cut.off

*JPS 1917:* But transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

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[Lamentations 3:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.42/)

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נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ס

*Word for word:* we we.have.transgressed and we.have.rebelled you not you.have.forgiven

*JPS 1917:* We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.

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