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title: תִּפְלָה — unsavouriness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּפְלָה (8604), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: unsavouriness. BDB 1906: n.f. unsavouriness, unseemliness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּפְלָה

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«תִּפְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **unsavouriness** — 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:** 8604 · **BDB:** תִּפְלָה

### Glosses

offensiveness (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

unsavouriness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8604/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. unsavouriness, unseemliness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8604/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (moral) unsavouriness, unseemliness;—abs. ת׳; unseemliness, of men Je 23:13; Jb 24:12; לֹא נָתַן ת׳ לֵא׳ 1:22 he did not ascribe unseemliness to God; so read also 4:18 (for MT תָּהֳלָה) Hup Me Bu.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תִּפְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8604/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 1:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.1.22/)

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בְּכָל־זֹ֖את לֹא־חָטָ֣א אִיּ֑וֹב וְלֹא־נָתַ֥ן תִּפְלָ֖ה לֵאלֹהִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* in all this not he.sinned Job and not he.ascribed offensiveness to God

*JPS 1917:* For all this Job sinned not, nor ascribed aught unseemly to God.

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[Job 24:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.12/)

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מֵ֘עִ֤יר מְתִ֨ים ׀ יִנְאָ֗קוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂ֥ים תִּפְלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] city men they.groan and.\[the\] throat of.\[those\].fatally.wounded it.cries.for.help and God not he.puts offensiveness

*JPS 1917:* From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; yet God imputeth it not for unseemliness.

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