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title: תַּחֲלֻאִים — diseases · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּחֲלֻאִים (8463), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: diseases. BDB 1906: n.pl.m. diseases. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּחֲלֻאִים

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«תַּחֲלֻאִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **diseases** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8463 · **BDB:** תַּחֲלֻאִים

### Glosses

diseases (4); of.diseases (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

diseases [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8463/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pl.m. diseases [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8463/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.m. 2 Ch 21:19 diseases, abs. ת׳ Je 16:4 2 Ch 21:19; cstr. תַּחֲלוּאֵי Je 14:18; תַּחֲלוּאָ֑יְכִי ψ 103:3; תַּחֲלֻאֶ֫יהָ Dt 29:21;—diseases Dt 29:21 2 Ch 21:19 ψ 103:3; מְמוֹתֵי תחלאים יָמֻתוּ Je 16:4; תחלואי רעב Je 14:18 diseases of famine (‖ חַלְלֵי־חֶרֶב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «תַּחֲלֻאִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8463/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 103:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.103.3/)

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הַסֹּלֵ֥חַ לְכָל־עֲוֺנֵ֑כִי הָ֝רֹפֵ֗א לְכָל־תַּחֲלֻאָֽיְכִי׃

*Word for word:* \[who\] forgives (to) all iniquity your \[who\] heals (to) all diseases your

*JPS 1917:* Who forgiveth all thine iniquity; who healeth all Thy diseases;

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[Jeremiah 14:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.18/)

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אִם־יָצָ֣אתִי הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּה֙ חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב וְאִם֙ בָּ֣אתִי הָעִ֔יר וְהִנֵּ֖ה תַּחֲלוּאֵ֣י רָעָ֑ב כִּֽי־גַם־נָבִ֧יא גַם־כֹּהֵ֛ן סָחֲר֥וּ אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ וְלֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* if I.went.out the field and there! \[those\].slain of.a.sword and if I.went the city and there! diseases of.famine (dm) both prophet as.well.as priest they.have.gone.about to a.land and not they.know

*JPS 1917:* If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest are gone about to a land, and knew it not.

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