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title: תָּו — mark · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּו (8420), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: mark. BDB 1906: n.m. mark. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּו

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«תָּו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mark** — 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:** 8420 · **BDB:** תָּו²

### Glosses

mark (2); a.mark (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8420/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. mark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8420/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. mark;—abs. ת׳, mark on forehead, sign exemption from judgment Ez 9:4, 6; sf. תָּוִּי Jb 31:35 = my (written) mark (in attestation).

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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 (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 «תָּו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8420/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 31:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.35/)

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מִ֤י יִתֶּן־לִ֨י ׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗י הֶן־תָּ֭וִי שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְסֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽי׃

*Word for word:* who? will.he.give to me \[one.who\].listens to me here! mark my \[the\].Almighty let him.answer.me and a.document \[which\].he.had.written the.person my.case my

*JPS 1917:* Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

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[Ezekiel 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.4/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו עֲבֹר֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֔יר בְּת֖וֹךְ יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְהִתְוִ֨יתָ תָּ֜ו עַל־מִצְח֣וֹת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַנֶּֽאֱנָחִים֙ וְהַנֶּ֣אֱנָקִ֔ים עַ֚ל כָּל־הַתּ֣וֹעֵב֔וֹת הַֽנַּעֲשׂ֖וֹת בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to him pass in the.midst of the.city in the.midst of.Jerusalem and you.will.mark a.mark on the.foreheads of the.people \[who are\].groaning and \[who are\].groaning on all the abominations \[which are\].done in the.midst of.it

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto him: 'Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.'

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