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title: בָּדָא — devise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּדָא (908), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: devise. BDB 1906: vb. devise, invent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּדָא

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«בָּדָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **devise** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 908 · **BDB:** בָּדָא

### Glosses

\[are\].inventing (1); he.had.devised (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

devise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/908/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. devise, invent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/908/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. devise, invent (bad sense) (Mish. id., Aramaic בְּדָא, ܒܕܳܐ invent; cf. Arabic بَدَأَ begin, make a beginning)— Pf. בָּדָא 1 K 12:33; Pt. sf. בּוֹדָאם (instead of בּוֹדְאָם) Ne 6:8—Jeroboam devised a feast in 8th month 1 K 12:33; invent accusation Ne 6:8.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּדָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/908/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.8/)

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וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֤א נִֽהְיָה֙ כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֖ר אַתָּ֣ה אוֹמֵ֑ר כִּ֥י מִֽלִּבְּךָ֖ אַתָּ֥ה בוֹדָֽאם׃

*Word for word:* and I sent to him (cmp) not it.has.occurred according to the.words (the) these which you \[are\].saying (dm) from heart your you \[are\].inventing them

*JPS 1917:* Then I sent unto him, saying: 'There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.'

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[1 Kings 12:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.12.33/)

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וַיַּ֜עַל עַֽל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ ׀ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֗לבֵֽית־אֵ֗ל בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר יוֹם֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּדָ֣א מִלִּבּ֑וֹ וַיַּ֤עַשׂ חָג֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּ֥עַל עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לְהַקְטִֽיר׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.offered.up on the altar which he.had.made in Bethel Bethel on.\[the\] fif- teen day in the month (the) eighth in the month which he.had.devised from his.own heart and he.appointed a.festival for the.people of.Israel and he.offered.up on the altar to make.smoke

*JPS 1917:* And he went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up unto the altar, to offer.

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