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title: תַּהְפֻּכֹות — perversity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּהְפֻּכֹות (8419), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: perversity. BDB 1906: n.f. perversity, perverse thing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּהְפֻּכֹות

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«תַּהְפֻּכֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **perversity** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 8419 · **BDB:** תַּהְפֻּכָה

### Glosses

perverse.things (6); of.perversiti(es) (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

perversity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8419/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. perversity, perverse thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8419/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. perversity, perverse thing (only Pr except Dt 32:20)—Pl. abs. תַּהְפֻּכוֹת Dt 32:20 + 8 times; cstr. id. Pr 2:14;—perverse things, particularly utterances Pr 2:12; 10:32; 23:33, cf. פִּי ת׳ 8:13, לְשׁוֹן ת׳ 10:31, and even אִישׁ ת׳ Pr 16:28 (‖ נִרְגָּן slanderer); but also thoughts, devices Pr 6:14; 16:30; דּוֹר ת׳ Dt 32:20 = perverse generation (‖ לֹא־אֵמֻן בָּם), ת׳ רָ֑ע Pr 2:14 (‖ עֲשׂוֹת רָ֑ע).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּהְפֻּכֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8419/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.31/)

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פִּֽי־צַ֭דִּיק יָנ֣וּב חָכְמָ֑ה וּלְשׁ֥וֹן תַּ֝הְפֻּכ֗וֹת תִּכָּרֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* the.mouth of.a.righteous.\[person\] it.will.bear.fruit wisdom and a.tongue of.perversiti(es) it.will.be.cut.off

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of the righteous buddeth with wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut off.

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[Proverbs 16:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.28/)

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אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ןמַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.perversiti(es) he.sends.out strife and a.slanderer \[is\].separating a.close.friend

*JPS 1917:* A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

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