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title: תֻּמָּה — integrity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֻּמָּה (8538), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: integrity. BDB 1906: n.f. integrity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֻּמָּה

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«תֻּמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **integrity** — 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:** 8538 · **BDB:** תֻּמָּה

### Glosses

integrity (4); \[the\].integrity (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

integrity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8538/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. integrity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8538/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. integrity (late);—cstr. תֻּמַּת Pr 11:3; sf. תֻּמָּתִי Jb 27:5; 31:6; תֻּמָּתֶ֑ךָ 2:9; תֻּמָּתוֹ v 3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֻּמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8538/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.3/)

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תֻּמַּ֣ת יְשָׁרִ֣ים תַּנְחֵ֑ם וְסֶ֖לֶף בּוֹגְדִ֣ים יְשָׁדֵּֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].integrity of.upright.\[people\] it guides.them and.\[the\] perverseness of.\[those.who\].act.treacherously it destroys.them

*JPS 1917:* The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them.

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[Job 31:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.6/)

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יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* let him.weigh.me in balances of.righteousness and let.him.acknowledge God integrity my

*JPS 1917:* Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity —

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