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title: תָּוָה — make a mark · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּוָה (8427), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: make a mark. BDB 1906: vb.denom. make set mark. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּוָה

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«תָּוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make a 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8427 · **BDB:** תָּוָה

### Glosses

he.made.marks (1); you.will.mark (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make a mark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8427/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. make set mark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8427/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. make or set a mark;— Impf. 3 ms. ויתו Kt, וַיְתָיו Qr 1 S 21:14 (Ges§ 75bb) and he made marks on (עַל) the doors, but l.c. and most וַיָּ֫תָף he drummed (v. תפף). וְהִתְוִ֫יתָ תָו עַל־ Ez 9:4 set a mark (acc. cogn.) upon.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8427/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 21:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.21.14/)

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וַיְשַׁנּ֤וֹ אֶת־טַעְמוֹ֙ בְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּתְהֹלֵ֖ל בְּיָדָ֑ם וַיְתָיו֙ עַל־דַּלְת֣וֹת הַשַּׁ֔עַר וַיּ֥וֹרֶד רִיר֖וֹ אֶל־זְקָנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he changed.it (et) sense his in eyes their and he.acted.like.a.madman in hand their and he.made.marks on the.doors of the.gate and he.made.to.flow.down spittle his to beard his

*JPS 1917:* And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

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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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