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title: בֹּגְדוֹת — men of treachery · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֹּגְדוֹת (900), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: men of treachery. BDB 1906: pl.abst. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֹּגְדוֹת

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«בֹּגְדוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **men of treachery** — 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:** 900 · **BDB:** בֹּגְדוֹת

### Glosses

of.treacheri(es) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

men of treachery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/900/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl.abst. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/900/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** pl.abst. אַנְשֵׁי בֹגְדוֹת men of treachery Zp 3:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֹּגְדוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/900/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.4/)

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נְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ פֹּֽחֲזִ֔ים אַנְשֵׁ֖י בֹּֽגְד֑וֹת כֹּהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ חִלְּלוּ־קֹ֔דֶשׁ חָמְס֖וּ תּוֹרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* prophets its \[are\].insolent men of.treacheri(es) priests its they.profane \[the\].sanctuary they.treat.violently \[the\].law

*JPS 1917:* Her prophets are wanton and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned that which is holy, they have done violence to the law.

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