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title: מֵזַח — girdle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵזַח (lemma:מֵזַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: girdle. BDB 1906: n.m. girdle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵזַח

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«מֵזַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **girdle** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:מֵזַח · **BDB:** מֵ֫זַח

### Glosses

a.restraint (1); a.waistband (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

girdle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b5_5d6_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. girdle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b5_5d6_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. girdle (according to Bondi11 WMMAs. u. Eur. 104 loan-word from Egypt mḏḥ, cf. LagGGN 1889, 310);—abs. מ׳:—in sim. of curse enfolding the wicked ψ 109:19 (‖ בֶּגֶד); fig. = restraint Is 23:10 (but text dubious).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵזַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b5_5d6_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 23:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.23.10/)

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עִבְרִ֥י אַרְצֵ֖ךְ כַּיְאֹ֑ר בַּת־תַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁ אֵ֖ין מֵ֥זַח עֽוֹד׃

*Word for word:* pass.over land your like the River O.daughter of.Tarshish there.\[is\].not a.restraint still

*JPS 1917:* Overflow thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! there is no girdle any more.

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[Psalms 109:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.109.19/)

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תְּהִי־ל֭וֹכְּבֶ֣גֶד יַעְטֶ֑ה וּ֝לְמֵ֗זַח תָּמִ֥יד יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be for him like a.garment \[which\].he.wraps.himself and to a.waistband \[which\].continually he girds.it.on

*JPS 1917:* Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.'

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