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title: תְּעוּדָה — testimony · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּעוּדָה (8584), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: testimony. BDB 1906: n.f. testimony, attestation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּעוּדָה

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«תְּעוּדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **testimony** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 8584 · **BDB:** תְּעוּדָה

### Glosses

\[the\].testimony (1); attestation (1); testimony (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

testimony [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8584/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. testimony, attestation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8584/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. testimony, attestation;— testimony, prophet. injunction, ‖ תּוֹרָה Is 8:16, 20. attestation, Ru 4:7 (\> fixed usage BuhlLex).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 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 «תְּעוּדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8584/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.16/)

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צ֖וֹר תְּעוּדָ֑ה חֲת֥וֹם תּוֹרָ֖ה בְּלִמֻּדָֽי׃

*Word for word:* bind.up \[the\].testimony seal.up \[the\].instruction among my disciples

*JPS 1917:* 'Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction among My disciples.'

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[Isaiah 8:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.20/)

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לְתוֹרָ֖ה וְלִתְעוּדָ֑ה אִם־לֹ֤א יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־ל֖וֹ שָֽׁחַר׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] instruction and to.\[the\] testimony if not they.will.speak according to the.manner (the) this that there.\[is\].not for it dawn

*JPS 1917:* for instruction and for testimony?' — Surely they will speak according to this word, wherein there is no light. —

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