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title: קֹשְׁטְ — truth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֹשְׁטְ (7189), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: truth. BDB 1906: n.m. truth. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֹשְׁטְ

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«קֹשְׁטְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **truth** — 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:** 7189 · **BDB:** קשְׁטְ

### Glosses

\[the\].truth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

truth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7189/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. truth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7189/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. truth;—Pr 22:21 (according to Toy Aramaic gloss to foll. אִמְרֵי אֱמֶת).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֹשְׁטְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7189/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 22:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.21/)

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לְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗ קֹ֭שְׁטְאִמְרֵ֣י אֱמֶ֑ת לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֲמָרִ֥ים אֱ֝מֶ֗ת לְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* to make known.to.you \[the\].truth of.words of.faithfulness to bring.back words faithfulness to \[those who\].sent.you

*JPS 1917:* That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mightest bring back words of truth to them that send thee?

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