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title: תָּמַהּ — be astounded · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּמַהּ (8539), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: be astounded. BDB 1906: vb. be astounded, dumb-founded Qal Hithpalp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּמַהּ

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«תָּמַהּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be astounded** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 8539 · **BDB:** תָּמַהּ

### Glosses

be.astonished (3); be.astounded (1); they.are.astonished (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be astounded [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8539/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be astounded, dumb-founded Qal Hithpalp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8539/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be astounded, dumb-founded (NH id.; so Aramaic תְּמַהּ, ܬܡܰܗ );— Pf. 3 pl. תָּמָ֑הוּ ψ 48:6; Impf. 2 ms. תִּתְמַהּ Ec 5:7; 3 mpl. יִתִמְהוּ Jb 26:11, etc.; Imv. mpl. תְּמָ֑הוּ Is 29:9; Hb 1:5;—be astounded, Is 29:9; Hb 1:5 (v. Hithp.), Je 4:9 (‖ שׁמם, Niph.), ψ 48:6; + מִן caus. Jb 26:11; + על rei at which Ec 5:7; look in astonishment at ת׳ אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ Gn 43:33 (J), Is 13:8. Imv. mpl. + Qal Imv. וְהִתַּמְּהוּ תְּמָהוּ Hb 1:5 (v. supr.), lit. astonish yourselves, be astounded, but We Hithpalp. הִתְמַהְמְהוּ; Gr reads inf.abs תָּמֹהַּ (Marti al. וּתְמָהוּ) for תמהו.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּמַהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8539/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 48:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.6/)

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הֵ֣מָּה רָ֭אוּ כֵּ֣ן תָּמָ֑הוּ נִבְהֲל֥וּ נֶחְפָּֽזוּ׃

*Word for word:* they they.saw thus they.were.astonished they.were.terrified they.hurried.away

*JPS 1917:* They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.

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[Job 26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.11/)

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עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].pillars of.heaven they.shake and they.are.astonished from rebuke his

*JPS 1917:* The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

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