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

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«מַחֲלֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sickness** — 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:מַחֲלֶה · **BDB:** מַחֲלֶה

### Glosses

sickness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sickness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b6_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sickness, disease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b6_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sickness, disease—sf. מַחֲלֵהוּ Pr 18:14 his sickness (= any sickness of his); of specif. disease, cstr. מַחֲלֵה מֵעֶ֑יךָ 2 Ch 21:15 (+ בָּחֳלָיִים רַבִּים, מֵהַחֹ֑לִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲלֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b6_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 18:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.14/)

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רֽוּחַ־אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה מִ֣י יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].spirit of.a.person it.will.endure sickness his and a.spirit stricken who? will he.bear.it

*JPS 1917:* The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?

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[2 Chronicles 21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.21.15/)

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וְאַתָּ֛ה בָּחֳלָיִ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים בְּמַחֲלֵ֣ה מֵעֶ֑יךָ עַד־יֵצְא֤וּ מֵעֶ֙יךָ֙ מִן־הַחֹ֔לִי יָמִ֖ים עַל־יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and you \[will be\].in.sickness(es) great in.(the) sickness your.bowels your until they.will.come.out bowels your from the sickness days to days

*JPS 1917:* and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.'

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