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title: בָּדָל — piece · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּדָל (915), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: piece. BDB 1906: piece, severed piece. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּדָל

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«בָּדָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **piece** — 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:** 915 · **BDB:** בָּדָל

### Glosses

a.piece (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

piece [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/915/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

piece, severed piece [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/915/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] piece, severed piece, cstr. בְּדַל־אֹזֶן Am 3:12.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּדָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/915/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.3.12/)

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כֹּה֮ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֒ כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יַצִּ֨יל הָרֹעֶ֜ה מִפִּ֧י הָאֲרִ֛י שְׁתֵּ֥י כְרָעַ֖יִם א֣וֹ בְדַל־אֹ֑זֶן כֵּ֣ן יִנָּצְל֞וּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן בִּפְאַ֥ת מִטָּ֖ה וּבִדְמֶ֥שֶׁק עָֽרֶשׂ׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh just as he.delivers the shepherd from the.mouth of.(the) lion two legs or a.piece of.an.ear so they.will.be.delivered the.people of.Israel \[who\] dwell in Samaria with a.corner of.a.bed and with silk of.a.couch

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria escape with the corner of a couch, and the leg of a bed.

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