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title: תַּנְחוּמִים — consolation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּנְחוּמִים (8575), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: consolation. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּנְחוּמִים

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«תַּנְחוּמִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **consolation** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8575 · **BDB:** תַּנְחוּם

### Glosses

consolations (2); \[are\].the.consolations (1); its.consolations (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

consolation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8575/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8575/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 94:19 consolation, only in pl. (usually abstr. and intensive) תַּנְחוּמִים Je 16:7; sf. תַּנִחוּמֶיךָ ψ 94:19; תַּנְחֻמֶיהָ Is 66:11; תַּנְחוּמוֹת Jb 15:11; תַּנְחוּמֹתֵיכֶם 21:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּנְחוּמִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8575/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 21:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.2/)

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שִׁמְע֣וּ שָׁ֭מוֹעַ מִלָּתִ֑י וּתְהִי־זֹ֝֗את תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* listen.to carefully.(listen) speech my and let.it.be this consolations your

*JPS 1917:* Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.

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[Job 15:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.11/)

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הַמְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּךָ תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל וְ֝דָבָ֗ר לָאַ֥ט עִמָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[too\] little? for you \[are\].the.consolations of.God and a.word to gentleness with you

*JPS 1917:* Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?

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