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title: תּוֹעָה — wandering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תּוֹעָה (8442), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: wandering. BDB 1906: n.f. wandering, error. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תּוֹעָה

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«תּוֹעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wandering** — 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:** 8442 · **BDB:** תּוֹעָה²

### Glosses

confusion (1); error (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wandering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8442/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wandering, error [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8442/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wandering, error;— error in morals and religion, c. דִּבֶּר, Is 32:6. confusion, disturbance, c. עָשָׂה, Ne 4:2.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תּוֹעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8442/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.4.2/)

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וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו לָב֖וֹא לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת ל֖וֹ תּוֹעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.conspired of.them all together to come to wage.war against Jerusalem and to make for it confusion

*JPS 1917:* and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

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[Isaiah 32:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.6/)

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כִּ֤י נָבָל֙ נְבָלָ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְלִבּ֖וֹ יַעֲשֶׂה־אָ֑וֶן לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת חֹ֗נֶף וּלְדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל־יְהוָה֙ תּוֹעָ֔ה לְהָרִיק֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָעֵ֔ב וּמַשְׁקֶ֥ה צָמֵ֖א יַחְסִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.fool disgraceful.folly he.speaks and heart his it.does wickedness by doing godlessness and by speaking concerning Yahweh error by keeping.empty \[the\].appetite of.\[the\].hungry and drink \[the\].thirsty he.deprives

*JPS 1917:* For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise ungodliness, and to utter wickedness against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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