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title: תֹּפֶת — spitting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּפֶת (8611), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: spitting. BDB 1906: n.f. spitting. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֹּפֶת

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«תֹּפֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spitting** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8611 · **BDB:** תֹּ֫פֶת

### Glosses

a.spitting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spitting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8611/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. spitting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8611/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. act of spitting;—abs. וְת׳ לְפָנִים Jb 17:6 a spitting in the face do I become, i.e. men spit in my face (‖ לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים; Perles Baer Bu מֹפֵת לִפְנֵיהֶם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֹּפֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8611/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 17:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.17.6/)

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וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he has.set.me to use.a.proverb peoples and a.spitting to.\[the\] face I.am

*JPS 1917:* He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.

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