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title: פֶּשַׂע — step · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּשַׂע (6587), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: step. BDB 1906: step. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּשַׂע

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«פֶּשַׂע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **step** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6587 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫שַׂע

### Glosses

a.step (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

step [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6587/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

step [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6587/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] step; כְּפ׳ בֵּינִי וּבֵין הַמָּ֑וֶת 1 S 20:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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 «פֶּשַׂע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6587/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 20:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.3/)

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וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע ע֜וֹד דָּוִ֗ד וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדֹ֨עַ יָדַ֜ע אָבִ֗יךָ כִּֽי־מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ וַיֹּ֛אמֶר אַל־יֵֽדַע־זֹ֥את יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן פֶּן־יֵֽעָצֵ֑ב וְאוּלָ֗ם חַי־יְהוָה֙ וְחֵ֣י נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ כִּ֣י כְפֶ֔שַׂע בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵ֥ין הַמָּֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* and he.swore.an.oath again David and he.said well.(know) he.knows father your (dm).that I.have.found favor in eyes your and he.has.said not let.him.know this Jonathan lest he.should.be.grieved and but \[by\].the.life of.Yahweh and.\[by\] the.life your.self your (dm) about a.step \[is\].between me and between (the) death

*JPS 1917:* And David swore moreover, and said: 'Thy father knoweth well that I have found favour in thine eyes; and he saith: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.'

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