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title: אֶפְרֹחַ — young one · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶפְרֹחַ (667), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: young one. BDB 1906: n.m. young one young ones, young. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶפְרֹחַ

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«אֶפְרֹחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **young one** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 667 · **BDB:** אֶפְרֹחַ²

### Glosses

ones (2); its.young (1); young.ones (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

young one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/667/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. young one young ones, young [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/667/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 39:30 young one, pl. young ones, young, of birds (Ethiopic አፍርኅት; id.);—אֶפְרֹחִים Dt 22:6(×2); sf. אֶפְרֹחָו Jb 39:30, אֶפְרֹחֶיהָ ψ 84:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶפְרֹחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/667/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.30/)

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וְאֶפְרֹחָ֥יו יְעַלְעוּ־דָ֑ם וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר חֲ֝לָלִ֗ים שָׁ֣ם הֽוּא׃פ

*Word for word:* and its.young ones they.drink blood and at where \[those\].slain.\[are\] \[is\].there it

*JPS 1917:* Her young ones also suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is she.

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[Psalms 84:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.4/)

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גַּם־צִפּ֨וֹר ׀ מָ֪צְאָה בַ֡יִת וּדְר֤וֹר ׀ קֵ֥ן לָהּ֮ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֪תָה אֶפְרֹ֫חֶ֥יהָ אֶֽת־מִ֭זְבְּחוֹתֶיךָ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת מַ֝לְכִּ֗י וֵאלֹהָֽי׃

*Word for word:* also a.bird it.has.found a.home and a.swallow a.nest for itself which it.has.put ones its.young with altars your O.Yahweh of.hosts king my and God my

*JPS 1917:* Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God — .

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