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title: לעע — [one.who].he.will.say.rashly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לעע (lemma:לעע), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: [one.who].he.will.say.rashly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לעע

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«לעע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **\[one.who\].he.will.say.rashly** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:לעע

### Glosses

\[one.who\].he.will.say.rashly (1); they.have.been.rash (1); they.will.swallow (1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לעע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5e2_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 20:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.25/)

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מוֹקֵ֣שׁ אָ֭דָם יָ֣לַע קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְאַחַ֖ר נְדָרִ֣ים לְבַקֵּֽר׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.snare of.a.person \[one.who\].he.will.say.rashly holiness and after \[the\].vows to consider

*JPS 1917:* It is a snare to a man rashly to say: 'Holy', and after vows to make inquiry.

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[Job 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.3/)

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כִּֽי־עַתָּ֗ה מֵח֣וֹל יַמִּ֣ים יִכְבָּ֑ד עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן דְּבָרַ֥י לָֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) now more than.\[the\].sand of.\[the\].seas it.will.be.heavy therefore words my they.have.been.rash

*JPS 1917:* For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.

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