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title: תֵּעְתֻּעִים — mockery · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֵּעְתֻּעִים (8595), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: mockery. BDB 1906: pl. abstr. mockery. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֵּעְתֻּעִים

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«תֵּעְתֻּעִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mockery** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8595 · **BDB:** תַּעְתֻּעִים

### Glosses

of.mockeri(es) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mockery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8595/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. abstr. mockery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8595/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]pl. abstr. mockery;—מַעֲשֵׂה ת׳, epith. of idols, Je 10:15; 51:18 (both + הֶבֶל).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֵּעְתֻּעִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8595/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 10:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.15/)

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הֶ֣בֶל הֵ֔מָּה מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה תַּעְתֻּעִ֑ים בְּעֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].futility they a.work of.mockeri(es) at the.time their.punishment their they.will.perish

*JPS 1917:* They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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[Jeremiah 51:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.18/)

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הֶ֣בֶל הֵ֔מָּה מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה תַּעְתֻּעִ֑ים בְּעֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].futility they a.work of.mockeri(es) at the.time their.punishment their they.will.perish

*JPS 1917:* They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish,

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