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title: בַּד — brag · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּד (907), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: brag. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּד

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«בַּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brag** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 907 · **BDB:** בַּד⁴

### Glosses

boasts (3); limbs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brag [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/907/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/907/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. only Pl. בַּדִּים. empty, idle talk (Ph. CIS 3, 6 listen not to בדנם = Heb. בַּדֵּיהֶם; cf. ܒܶܕܝܳܐ vain talk), especially with collat. idea of imaginary pretensions or claims: Jb 11:3 בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁוּ thy idle talk brings men to silence (‖ וַתִּלְעַג), Is 16:6 (of Moab) לֹא כֵן בַּדָּיו his boastings are not right (unfounded), hence Je 48:30. concr. empty talkers, praters (cf. NH בַּדָּאָה, Syriac ܒܳܕܽܘܝܳܐ liar), of false prophets, Is 44:25; Je 50:36.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/907/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.3/)

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בַּ֭דֶּיךָ מְתִ֣ים יַחֲרִ֑ישׁווַ֝תִּלְעַ֗ג וְאֵ֣ין מַכְלִֽם׃

*Word for word:* boasts your.empty men will.they.silence? and have.you.mocked? and there.\[is\].not \[one.who\].puts.to.shame

*JPS 1917:* Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;

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[Job 41:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.4/)

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לֽוֹ־אַחֲרִ֥ישׁ בַּדָּ֑יו וּדְבַר־גְּ֝בוּר֗וֹת וְחִ֣ין עֶרְכּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* to it I.will.keep.silent limbs its and.\[the\] matter of.strength(s) and the.grace its.arrangement his

*JPS 1917:* Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?

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