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title: טָחַח — be besmeared · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָחַח (lemma:טָחַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be besmeared. BDB 1906: vb. be besmeared. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָחַח

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«טָחַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be besmeared** — 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:** lemma:טָחַח · **BDB:** טָחַח

### Glosses

it.is.besmeared (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be besmeared [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d7_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be besmeared [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d7_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be besmeared—only Pf. 3 ms. טַח מֵרְאוֹת עֵינֵיהֶם Is 44:18 their eyes have been besmeared so that they do not see, v. Di Du, and on sg. c. subj. pl. Ges§ 145, 7 a; others regard טַח as metaplastic pointing for טָח, from טוח, v. Sta§ 385 d.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָחַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d7_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 44:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.18/)

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לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ וְלֹ֣א יָבִ֑ינוּ כִּ֣י טַ֤ח מֵֽרְאוֹת֙ עֵֽינֵיהֶ֔ם מֵהַשְׂכִּ֖יל לִבֹּתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* not they.know and not they.understand (dm) it.is.besmeared from seeing eyes their from having.insight hearts their

*JPS 1917:* They know not, neither do they understand; for their eyes are bedaubed, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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