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

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«מוֹרָשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a possession** — 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:מוֹרָשׁ · **BDB:** מוֹרָשׁ

### Glosses

the.wishes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5e8_5b8_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5e8_5b8_5e9_5c1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a possession;—cstr. מוֹרַשׁ קִפֹּד Is 14:23 a possession for bitterns; וְיָֽרְשׁוּ בֵּית יַעֲקֹב אֵת מוֹרָשֵׁיהֶם Ob 17 and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions (but read perhaps מורישׁיהם their dispossessors, 𝔊 𝔙 𝔗 al.); fig. מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִי Jb 17:11, i.e. my cherished thoughts (‖ זִמּוֹתַי), but fig. is questionable, v. Di, who derives from ארשׁ desire, so Buhl.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹרָשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5e8_5b8_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 17:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.17.11/)

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יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃

*Word for word:* days my they.have.passed plans my they.have.been.torn.apart the.wishes my.heart my

*JPS 1917:* My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

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