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title: תַּחַשׁ — taḫaš · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּחַשׁ (8476), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: taḫaš. BDB 1906: n.m. taḫaš. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּחַשׁ

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«תַּחַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **taḫaš** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 8476 · **BDB:** תַּ֫חַשׁ

### Glosses

of.dolphin (6); of.dolphins (5); leather (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

taḫaš [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8476/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. taḫaš [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8476/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. taḫaš, a kind of leather or skin, and perhaps the animal yielding it (prob. the dugong, cf. Arabic تُخَسٌ dolphin, Thes 1500 Di-Ry Ex 25:5 PostHastDB badger; Assyrian taḫšu (Dl Baer Ezech. xvi), for which DlProl. 77 ff.; HWB 705 conj. meaning sheep(skin); Bondi Egyptiaca 1 ff. cp. Egypt. ṯḥś, leather; v. summary of views M’Lean-ShipleyEncy. Bib. badgers’ skins);—abs. ת׳ Nu 4:6 +, תָּחַשׁ v 8 +; pl. תְּחָשִׁים Ex 25:5 +;—leather used for (woman’s) sandals Ez 16:10; elsewhere for cover of tabernacle Nu 4:25, עוֹר ת׳ v 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, עֹרֹת (הַ)תְּחָשִׁים Ex 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּחַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8476/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 25:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.5/)

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וְעֹרֹ֨ת אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים וְעֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים וַעֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and hides of.rams dyed.red and skins of.dolphins and wood(s) of.acacia

*JPS 1917:* and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;

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[Exodus 35:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.35.7/)

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וְעֹרֹ֨ת אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים וְעֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים וַעֲצֵ֥י שִׂטִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and hides of.rams dyed.red and skins of.dolphins and wood(s) of.acacia

*JPS 1917:* and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;

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