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title: תּוֹחֶלֶת — hope · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תּוֹחֶלֶת (8431), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: hope. BDB 1906: n.f. hope. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תּוֹחֶלֶת

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«תּוֹחֶלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hope** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 8431 · **BDB:** תּוֹחֶ֫לֶת

### Glosses

hope (5); \[the\].hope (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hope [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8431/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hope [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8431/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hope, abs. ת׳ Pr 13:12; cstr. id. Pr 10:28; 11:7; sf. תּוֹחַלְתִּי ψ 39:8 La 3:18; תֹּחַלְתּוֹ Jb 41:1;—hope, sq. subj. gen. Jb 41:1 Pr 10:28; 11:7 La 3:18; sq. subj. gen. + לְ ψ 39:8 (תּוֹחַלְתִּי לְךָ); alone Pr 13:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «תּוֹחֶלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8431/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.28/)

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תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת צַדִּיקִ֣ים שִׂמְחָ֑ה וְתִקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].hope of.righteous.\[people\] \[is\].joy and.\[the\] hope of.wicked.\[people\] it.is.lost

*JPS 1917:* The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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[Proverbs 13:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.12/)

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תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָה מַחֲלָה־לֵ֑ב וְעֵ֥ץ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תַּאֲוָ֥ה בָאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* hope deferred \[is\].making.sick \[the\].heart and.\[is\] a.tree of.life a.desire \[which\].comes

*JPS 1917:* Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

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