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title: אַצִּיל — joining · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַצִּיל (679), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: joining. BDB 1906: joining, joint. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַצִּיל

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«אַצִּיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **joining** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 679 · **BDB:** אַצִּיל

### Glosses

the.joints (2); a.joint (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

joining [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/679/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

joining, joint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/679/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] joining, joint (cf. ܝܰܨܺܝܠܴܐ elbow)—pl. cstr. אַצִּילֵי יד\[י\] Ez 13:18 (on יד cf. Sm Co);—joint of hand, i.e. elbow Ez 13:18; אַצִּילוֹת יָדֶיךָ Je 38:12 arm-joints.—אַצִֽילָה ׃ Ez 41:8 is obscure; perhaps א׳ is here a technical architectural term to the joining (cf. Sm Ke).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַצִּיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/679/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 41:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.41.8/)

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וְרָאִ֧יתִי לַבַּ֛יִת גֹּ֖בַהּ סָבִ֣יב ׀ סָבִ֑יב מוּסְד֤וֹת הַצְּלָעוֹת֙ מְל֣וֹ הַקָּנֶ֔ה שֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת אַצִּֽילָה׃

*Word for word:* and I.saw to the house a.height all.around all.around the.foundations of the.side-chambers \[was\].the.fullness of the.reed six cubits a.joint

*JPS 1917:* I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about; the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six cubits to the joining.

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[Jeremiah 38:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.12/)

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וַיֹּ֡אמֶר עֶבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְעֶבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ שִׂ֣ים נָ֠א בְּלוֹאֵ֨י הַסְּחָב֤וֹת וְהַמְּלָחִים֙ תַּ֚חַת אַצִּל֣וֹת יָדֶ֔יךָ מִתַּ֖חַת לַחֲבָלִ֑ים וַיַּ֥עַשׂ יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ כֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Ebed Melech the Cushite to Jeremiah put please the.worn.out.things of the.clothes and the rags under the.joints your.hands your from under to.\[the\] ropes and he.did Jeremiah thus

*JPS 1917:* And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah: 'Put now these worn clouts and rags under thine armholes under the cords.' And Jeremiah did so.

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