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title: אֶפַע — breath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶפַע (659), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: breath. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶפַע

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«אֶפַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **breath** — 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:** 659 · **BDB:** אֶ֫פַע

### Glosses

something.worthless (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

breath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/659/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Is 41:24 text error for מֵאָ֑פֶס v. אפס; so 𝔙 𝔗 Saad Thes Ew Di al.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶפַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/659/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 41:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.24/)

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הֵן־אַתֶּ֣ם מֵאַ֔יִן וּפָעָלְכֶ֖ם מֵאָ֑פַע תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה יִבְחַ֥ר בָּכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* here! you \[are\].from nothing and work your \[is\].from something.worthless \[is\].an.abomination \[one.who\].he.chooses (in) you

*JPS 1917:* Behold, ye are nothing, and your work a thing of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

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