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title: תַּמְרוּק — scouring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּמְרוּק (8562), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: scouring. BDB 1906: Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּמְרוּק

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«תַּמְרוּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scouring** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8562 · **BDB:** תַּמְרוּק

### Glosses

cleansings (2); \[are\].a.cleansing (1); the.cleansings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scouring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8562/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8562/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] id.;—abs. sg. only Pr 20:30 Qr, v. מרק Hiph.; elsewhere pl. cstr. תַּמְרוּקֵי הַנָּשִׁים Est 2:12; sf. תַּמְרוּקֶיהָ v 9, תַּמְרוּקֵיהֶן v 3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּמְרוּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8562/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 20:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.30/)

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חַבֻּר֣וֹת פֶּ֭צַע תַּמְר֣וּק בְּרָ֑ע וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹת חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

*Word for word:* wounds of.bruise\[s\] \[are\].a.cleansing (in) evil and blows \[the\].chambers of.\[the\].belly

*JPS 1917:* Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts.

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[Esther 2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.3/)

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וְיַפְקֵ֨ד הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ פְּקִידִים֮ בְּכָל־מְדִינ֣וֹת מַלְכוּתוֹ֒ וְיִקְבְּצ֣וּ אֶת־כָּל־נַעֲרָֽה־בְ֠תוּלָה טוֹבַ֨ת מַרְאֶ֜ה אֶל־שׁוּשַׁ֤ן הַבִּירָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַנָּשִׁ֔ים אֶל־יַ֥ד הֵגֶ֛א סְרִ֥יס הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שֹׁמֵ֣ר הַנָּשִׁ֑ים וְנָת֖וֹן תַּמְרוּקֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and let.him.appoint the king appointees in all the.provinces his.kingdom his and let.them.gather (et) every girl virgin good of.appearance to Susa the citadel to the.house of the.women into the.hand of.Hegai the.eunuch of the.king \[the.one.who\].kept the women and let.him.give cleansings their

*JPS 1917:* and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the castle, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their ointments be given them;

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