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title: תֹּועָפֹות — eminence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּועָפֹות (8443), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: eminence. BDB 1906: n.f. eminence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֹּועָפֹות

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«תֹּועָפֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **eminence** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8443 · **BDB:** תּוֹעָפָה

### Glosses

horns (2); of.heaps (1); peaks (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

eminence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8443/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. eminence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8443/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. eminence; of towering horns (? v. Di) כְּתוֹעֲפֹת רְאֵם לוֹ Nu 23:22; 24:8, sim. of strength of Israel; of peaks תּוֹעֲפוֹת הָרִים לוֹ ψ 95:4 (‖ מֶחְקְרֵי־אָ֑רֶץ); of silver Jb 22:25 כֶּסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָ֑ךְ, very dubious, perhaps heaps or bars (ingots).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֹּועָפֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8443/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 23:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.23.22/)

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אֵ֖ל מוֹצִיאָ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת רְאֵ֖ם לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* God \[is\].bringing them.out from Egypt like.\[the\] horns of.a.wild.ox \[belong\].to him

*JPS 1917:* God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.

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[Job 22:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.25/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה שַׁדַּ֣י בְּצָרֶ֑יךָ וְכֶ֖סֶף תּוֹעָפ֣וֹת לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.be \[the\].Almighty gold(s) your and silver of.heaps for you

*JPS 1917:* And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;

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