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title: תַּעֲלֻמָּה — hidden thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּעֲלֻמָּה (8587), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: hidden thing. BDB 1906: n.f. hidden thing, secret. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּעֲלֻמָּה

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«תַּעֲלֻמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hidden thing** — 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:** 8587 · **BDB:** תַּעֲלֻמָהֿ

### Glosses

\[the\].secrets (2); what.is.hidden (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hidden thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8587/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hidden thing, secret [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8587/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hidden thing, secret (so, c. הֿ, van d. H. Bu, -הּ Baer Ginsb);—תּ׳ what is hidden Jb 28:11; pl. cstr. תַּעֲלֻמוֹת חָכְמָה Jb 11:6 secrets of wisdom, תּ׳ לֵב ψ 44:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּעֲלֻמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8587/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.11/)

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מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּיֹ֣צִא אֽוֹר׃פ

*Word for word:* from weeping rivers he.restrains and what.is.hidden he.brings.out light

*JPS 1917:* He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

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[Psalms 44:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.22/)

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הֲלֹ֣א אֱ֭לֹהִים יַֽחֲקָר־זֹ֑את כִּֽי־ה֥וּא יֹ֝דֵ֗עַ תַּעֲלֻמ֥וֹת לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* ? not God will.he.search.out this (dm) he \[is\].knowing \[the\].secrets of.\[the\].heart

*JPS 1917:* Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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