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title: תְּמוּנָה — likeness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּמוּנָה (8544), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: likeness. BDB 1906: n.f. likeness, form. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּמוּנָה

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«תְּמוּנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **likeness** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 8544 · **BDB:** תְּמוּנָה

### Glosses

a.form (5); form (4); the.form (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

likeness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8544/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. likeness, form [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8544/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. likeness, form;—ת׳ Ex 20:4 + 4 times; cstr. תְּמוּנַת (תְּמֻנַת) Dt 4:16 + 3 times; sf. תְּמוּנָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 17:15;—likeness, representation (‖ פֶּסֶל) Ex 20:4 = Dt 5:8, cf. 4:16, 23, 25; form, semblance of י׳ Nu 12:8 ψ 17:15, cf. Dt 4:12 (vid. Dr), v 15; of nocturnal apparition Jb 4:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּמוּנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8544/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 17:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.15/)

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אֲנִ֗י בְּ֭צֶדֶק אֶחֱזֶ֣ה פָנֶ֑יךָ אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ תְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* I in righteousness I.will.see face your I.will.be.satisfied when awake form your

*JPS 1917:* As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.

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[Deuteronomy 4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.16/)

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פֶּ֨ן־תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם פֶּ֖סֶל תְּמוּנַ֣ת כָּל־סָ֑מֶל תַּבְנִ֥ית זָכָ֖ר א֥וֹ נְקֵבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* lest you should.act.corruptly and you.will.make for yourselves an.idol a.form of.any image a.likeness of.a.male or a.female

*JPS 1917:* lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

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