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title: תָּמַךְ — grasp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּמַךְ (8551), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: grasp. BDB 1906: vb. grasp, support, attain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּמַךְ

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«תָּמַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **grasp** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 8551 · **BDB:** תָּמַךְ

### Glosses

\[one.who\].holds (2); I (1); \[are\].holding (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grasp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8551/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. grasp, support, attain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8551/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grasp, support, attain (Aramaic תְּמַךְ Pa. hold fast; cf. Ph. and OAramaic תמבאל Ēl hath sustained Lzb386 SAC121 Cooke361);— Pf. 3 fs. תָּֽמְכָה ψ 63:9, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִתְמֹךְ Pr 29:23, 3 mpl. יִתְמֹ֑כוּ Jb 36:17; Pr 5:5, etc.; Inf. abs. תָּמֹךְ ψ 17:5; cstr. תְּמֹךְ Is 33:15; Pt. תּוֹמֵךְ Am 1:5, 8, תּוֹמִיךְ ψ 16:5 (? read -מֵיךְ Ges§ 50 e, or תֹּמֵךְ, cf. Vrss Du; \> Ol תּוֹסִיף, Bi Che תָּמִיד), etc.;— grasp, lay hold of, c. acc. rei Gn 48:17 (E), Pr 31:19 (‖ שׁלּח יד בְּ); acc. pers. (wisdom) Pr 3:18 (‖ מַחֲזִיק); acc. rei (grasp and) wield Am 1:5, 8; ψ 16:5 (v. supr.) thou dost grasp my lot (i.e. take and cast it for me, cf. mod. Pal. بجَرَلي الله يَقُوم may Allah uphold my lot, BergheimPEF 1894, 194); fig., Jb 36:17 judgment and justice seize (thee; but v. obscure and doubtful); Pr 5:5 her steps lay hold of Sheʾôl (keep the path to it); lit. c. ב rei Is 33:15, ב pers. Pr 28:17 (or sub 3; meaning dub.); lay hold of, attain, honour, wealth (acc.) Pr 11:16(×2). hold up, support, c. בְּיָדָיו Ex 17:12 (E); fig., ב pers. Is 42:1 ψ 41:13; 63:9; acc. pers. Is 41:10 (ב instr.), Pr 29:23 (opp. הִשְׁפִּיל). hold, keep, c. acc. rei Pr 4:4 let thy heart keep my words (‖ שָׁמַר); hold firmly ψ 17:5 (ב loc.; opp. נָמ֫וֹטוּ). Impf. וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָאתוֹ יִתָּמֵ֑ךְ Pr 5:22 in the cords of his sin is he seized (‖ לָכַד).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּמַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8551/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.17/)

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וְדִין־רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃

*Word for word:* and judgment of.\[the\].wicked you.are.full judgment and justice they.take.hold.of.\[you\]

*JPS 1917:* And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.

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[Proverbs 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.5/)

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רַ֭גְלֶיהָ יֹרְד֣וֹת מָ֑וֶת שְׁ֝א֗וֹל צְעָדֶ֥יהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃

*Word for word:* feet her \[are\].going.down death Sheol steps her they.will.attain

*JPS 1917:* Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world;

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