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title: תָּפֵל — whitewash · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּפֵל (8602), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: whitewash. BDB 1906: whitewash. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּפֵל

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«תָּפֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **whitewash** — 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:** 8602 · **BDB:** תָּפֵל²

### Glosses

whitewash (4); of.whitewash (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

whitewash [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8602/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

whitewash [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8602/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] whitewash;—applied to wall, in Ezekiel’s vision Ez 13:10, 11, 14, 15; fig. of false prophet 22:28.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּפֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8602/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 13:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.11/)

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אֱמֹ֛ר אֶל־טָחֵ֥י תָפֵ֖ל וְיִפֹּ֑ל הָיָ֣ה ׀ גֶּ֣שֶׁם שׁוֹטֵ֗ף וְאַתֵּ֜נָה אַבְנֵ֤י אֶלְגָּבִישׁ֙ תִּפֹּ֔לְנָה וְר֥וּחַ סְעָר֖וֹת תְּבַקֵּֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* say to \[those.who.are\].plastering of.whitewash and it.will.fall it.will.come rain overflowing and you O.stones of.hail you.will.fall and a.wind of.tempests it.will.break.through.\[the.wall\]

*JPS 1917:* say unto them that daub it with whited plaster, that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall break forth,

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[Ezekiel 22:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.22.28/)

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וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ טָח֤וּ לָהֶם֙ תָּפֵ֔ל חֹזִ֣ים שָׁ֔וְא וְקֹסְמִ֥ים לָהֶ֖ם כָּזָ֑ב אֹמְרִ֗ים כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וַֽיהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א דִבֵּֽר׃

*Word for word:* and prophets its they.have.plastered for them whitewash \[they.are\].seeing falsehood and \[they.are\].divining for them falsehood \[they.are\].saying thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh and Yahweh not he.had.spoken

*JPS 1917:* And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster, seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

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