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title: תְּמוּרָה — exchange · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּמוּרָה (8545), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: exchange. BDB 1906: n.f. exchange, recompense. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּמוּרָה

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«תְּמוּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exchange** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 8545 · **BDB:** תְּמוּרָה

### Glosses

exchange (2); substitute (2); exchanging (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exchange [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8545/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. exchange, recompense [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8545/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. exchange, recompense;—ת׳ Ru 4:7; sf. תְּמוּרָתוֹ Lv 27:10 + 3 times; תְּמוּרָתָהּ Jb 28:17;—exchange = thing acquired by exchange Lv 27:10, 33 Jb 28:17; חֵיל תְּמוּרָתוֹ Jb 20:18 wealth acquired by exchange (fig.; read poss. חֵילוֹ as his wealth (so) his exchange, Bu); recompense (for worldliness) Jb 15:31; abstr. exchanging Ru 4:7 (‖ גְּאוּלָּה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «תְּמוּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8545/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.31/)

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אַל־יַאֲמֵ֣ן בַּשָּׁ֣יו נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁ֝֗וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* not let.him.trust in (the) worthlessness he.has.been.led.astray (dm) worthlessness it.will.be exchange his

*JPS 1917:* Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.

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[Job 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.17/)

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לֹא־יַעַרְכֶ֣נָּה זָ֭הָב וּזְכוֹכִ֑ית וּתְמ֖וּרָתָ֣הּ כְּלִי־פָֽז׃

*Word for word:* not it will.be.comparable.to.it gold and glass and.\[is\] exchange its a.vessel of.pure.gold

*JPS 1917:* Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.

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