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title: בֹּהֶן — thumb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֹּהֶן (931), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: thumb. BDB 1906: thumb great toe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֹּהֶן

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«בֹּהֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thumb** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 931 · **BDB:** בֹּ֫הֶן

### Glosses

the.big.toe (7); the.thumb (7); the.thumbs (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thumb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/931/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thumb great toe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/931/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] (cf. Sta§ 310 c) c. יַד thumb, c. רֶגֶל great toe (Arabic إِبْهَامٌ \& (vulg.) بَاهِمٌ, بِهَامٌ )—בּ׳ only cstr. Ex 29:20(×2) + 12 times; pl. cstr. בְּהֹנוֹת Ju 1:6, 7 (from sg. \[בְּהוֹן\] as always Cod. Sam. for MT בֹּהֶן);—thumb (יָדָם) בּ׳ יָדוֹ, \& great toe (רַגְלָם) בּ׳ רַגְלוֹ (always named together) Ex 29:20(×2) Lv 8:23(×2), 24(×2); 14:14(×2), 17(×2), 25(×2), 28(×2); בְּהֹנוֹת י׳ וְר׳ Ju 1:6, 7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 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 «בֹּהֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/931/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.6/)

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וַיָּ֙נָס֙ אֲדֹ֣נִי בֶ֔זֶק אֲדֹ֣נִי בֶ֔זֶק וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אַחֲרָ֑יו וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וַֽיְקַצְּצ֔וּ אֶת־בְּהֹנ֥וֹת יָדָ֖יו וְרַגְלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.fled Adoni-Bezek Adoni-Bezek and they.pursued after him and they.seized him and they.cut.off (et) the.thumbs his.hands his and feet his

*JPS 1917:* But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

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[Leviticus 8:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.23/)

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וַיִּשְׁחָ֓ט ׀ וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ מִדָּמ֔וֹ וַיִּתֵּ֛ן עַל־תְּנ֥וּךְ אֹֽזֶן־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַיְמָנִ֑ית וְעַל־בֹּ֤הֶן יָדוֹ֙ הַיְמָנִ֔ית וְעַל־בֹּ֥הֶן רַגְל֖וֹ הַיְמָנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and he.cut.the.throat.of.\[it\] and he.took Moses some of its.blood and he.put.\[it\] on the.lobe of.the.ear of.Aaron (the) right and on the.thumb his.hand his (the) right and on the.big.toe his.foot his (the) right

*JPS 1917:* And when it was slain, Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

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