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title: בָּדַק — mend · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּדַק (918), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: mend. BDB 1906: vb. denom. mend, repair. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּדַק

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«בָּדַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mend** — 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:** 918 · **BDB:** בָּדַק

### Glosses

mend (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/918/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. mend, repair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/918/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. mend, repair, only Inf. cstr. לִבְדוֹק וּלְחַזֵּק הַבָּ֑יִת 2 Ch 34:10.

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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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּדַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/918/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 34:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.10/)

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וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ עַל־יַד֙ עֹשֵׂ֣ה הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ עוֹשֵׂ֣י הַמְּלָאכָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֹשִׂים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה לִבְדּ֥וֹק וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק הַבָּֽיִת׃

*Word for word:* and they.gave.\[it\] on the.hand of.the.doer\[s\] of the.work \[who had.been\].appointed in the.house of.Yahweh and they.gave it the.doers of the.work who \[were\].working in the.house of.Yahweh to mend and to repair the house

*JPS 1917:* And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it to mend and repair the house;

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