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title: אֶצְבַּע — finger · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶצְבַּע (676), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: finger. BDB 1906: n.f. finger. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶצְבַּע

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«אֶצְבַּע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **finger** — 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:** 31 times · **Key:** 676 · **BDB:** אֶצְבַּע²

### Glosses

finger (15); fingers (9); the.finger (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

finger [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/676/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. finger [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/676/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.Lv 14:6 finger;—א׳ abs. Is 58:9, cstr. Ex 8:15 +; sf. אֶצְבָּעוֹ Lv 4:6 +; pl. אֶצְבָּעוֹת Je 52:21, cstr. אֶצְבְּעֹת 2 S 21:20 +, etc.;— finger, especially forefinger, of priest, applying blood (P), Ex 29:12; Lv 4:6, 17, 25 + 8 times; applying oil 14:16(×2), 27. שְׁלַח א׳ of any one Is 58:9, sign of contempt. of God, as writing Ex 31:18 (E) Dt 9:10; = act of God Ex 8:15 (J). pl. of all the fingers 2 S 21:20a; fingers in gen. Is 2:8; 17:8; 59:3 ψ 144:1, Pr 7:3 Ct 5:5; of י׳ ψ 8:4; מֹרֶה בְא׳ Pr 6:13 (of contempt. gesture); as measure of thickness, Je 52:21 four fingers. toes: אֶצְבְּעֹת רַגְלָיו 2 S 21:20b, lit. fingers of his feet, cf. א״ ‖ 1 Ch 20:6 = fingers and toes.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «אֶצְבַּע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/676/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.3/)

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קָשְׁרֵ֥ם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* bind them on fingers your write them on the.tablet your.heart your

*JPS 1917:* Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.

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[Psalms 8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.8.4/)

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כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶ֣ה שָׁ֭מֶיךָ מַעֲשֵׂ֣י אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ יָרֵ֥חַ וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר כּוֹנָֽנְתָּה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.will.see heavens your the.works fingers your \[the\].moon and.\[the\] stars which you.have.established

*JPS 1917:* When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

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