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title: תּוֹדָה — thanksgiving · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תּוֹדָה (8426), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: thanksgiving. BDB 1906: n.f. thanksgiving. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תּוֹדָה

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«תּוֹדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thanksgiving** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 8426 · **BDB:** תּוֹדָה

### Glosses

thanksgiving (11); of.thanksgiving (5); a.thank-offering (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thanksgiving [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8426/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thanksgiving [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8426/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. thanksgiving, תּ׳ Lv 7:12 + 23 times; cstr. תּוֹדַת Lv 7:13, 15; pl. תּוֹדוֹת ψ 56:13 + 3 times; תּוֹדֹת Ne 12:31, 40;— give praise to י׳ Jos 7:19 (JE; ‖ שִׂים כָּבוֹד לְ׳), Ezr 10:11, in both of praise rendered by acknowledging and abandoning sin; v. Di on Jos, and on Ezr. Öt and especially Ryle; cf. vb. ידה c. לְ; so RVm; \> Thes MV SS Be RV al. confession. thanksgiving in songs of liturgical worship קול ת׳ ψ 26:7; 42:5; Jon 2:10; ‖ שִׁיר ψ 69:31 Ne 12:27; ‖ זְמִרוֹת ψ 95:2; ‖ קוֹל זִמְרָה Is 51:3; ‖ תְּהִלָּה ψ 100:4; ‖ כִּנּוֹר 147:7. thanksgiving choir, procession, line, company Ne 12:31, 38, 40, prob. also Je 30:19 (‖ קוֹל מְשַׂחֲקִים). thank-offering קטּר ת׳ Am 4:5 (‖ נְדָבוֹת); a division of זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים Lv 7:12a; זבח ת׳ שׁלמיו v 13, 15; זבח (ה)ת׳ v 12b (all P), 22:29 (H); זבחים ותודות 2 Ch 29:31(×2); זבחי שְׁלָמִים ות׳ 33:16; ת׳ זבח זבח(י) ψ 107:22; 116:17; מבאי(ם) ת׳ Je 17:26; 33:11; לתודה ψ 100:1 (title); in ψψ ‖ נדרים: זָבַח ת׳ offer a thank-offering 50:14, 23 (see BrMP 239); שׁלּם ת׳ 56:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 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 «תּוֹדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8426/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 56:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.56.13/)

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עָלַ֣י אֱלֹהִ֣ים נְדָרֶ֑יךָ אֲשַׁלֵּ֖ם תּוֹדֹ֣ת לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].on me O.God vows your I.will.pay thank-offerings to you

*JPS 1917:* Thy vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank-offerings unto Thee.

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[Psalms 100:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.100.1/)

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מִזְמ֥וֹר לְתוֹדָ֑ההָרִ֥יעוּ לַ֝יהוָ֗ה כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* a.psalm for thanksgiving shout.for.joy to Yahweh O.all the earth

*JPS 1917:* A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout unto the LORD, all the earth.

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