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title: אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת — blisters · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת (76), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: blisters. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. blisters, boils. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת

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«אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blisters** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 76 · **BDB:** אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת²

### Glosses

blisters (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blisters [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/76/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. blisters, boils [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/76/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. blisters, boils (𝔗 אֲבַעְבּוּעְיָן; cf. 𝔗 בֶּעְבַּע, NH בַּעְבּוּעַ בּוּעָה, Syriac ܒܰܥܒܘܽܥ̈ܝܴܬܳܐ ) Ex 9:9 שְׁחִין פֹּרֵחַ אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת, cf. v 10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/76/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.9/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה לְאָבָ֔ק עַ֖ל כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָיָ֨ה עַל־הָאָדָ֜ם וְעַל־הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה לִשְׁחִ֥ין פֹּרֵ֛חַ אֲבַעְבֻּעֹ֖ת בְּכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.become (into) dust over all the.land of.Egypt and it.will.become on (the) humankind and on the livestock (into) boil\[s\] breaking.out blisters in all the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.'

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[Exodus 9:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.10/)

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וַיִּקְח֞וּ אֶת־פִּ֣יחַ הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ן וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וַיִּזְרֹ֥ק אֹת֛וֹ מֹשֶׁ֖ה הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה וַיְהִ֗י שְׁחִין֙ אֲבַעְבֻּעֹ֔ת פֹּרֵ֕חַ בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.took (et) the.soot of.(the) kiln and they.stood before Pharaoh and he.sprinkled it Moses towards the heavens and it.became boil\[s\] blisters breaking.out on (the) humankind and on the livestock

*JPS 1917:* And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.

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