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

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«פַּח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plate** — 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:פַּח · **BDB:** פַּח³

### Glosses

of.thin.plates (1); the.thin.plates (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b7_5bc_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

plate of metal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b7_5bc_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** plate of metal; pl. רִקֻּעֵי פַחִים Nu 17:3; cstr. וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶת־פַּחֵי הַזָּהָב Ex 39:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b7_5bc_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 39:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.3/)

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וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ אֶת־פַּחֵ֣י הַזָּהָב֮ וְקִצֵּ֣ץ פְּתִילִם֒ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת בְּת֤וֹךְ הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וּבְת֣וֹךְ הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן וּבְת֛וֹךְ תּוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וּבְת֣וֹךְ הַשֵּׁ֑שׁ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה חֹשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* and they.beat.out (et) the.thin.plates of.(the) gold and he.cut.\[them\].up threads to work among the.violet stuff and among the purple and among the.scarlet.stuff of the.scarlet and among the.fine linen \[the\].work of.a.skillful.worker

*JPS 1917:* And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.

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[Numbers 17:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.3/)

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אֵ֡ת מַחְתּוֹת֩ הַֽחַטָּאִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה בְּנַפְשֹׁתָ֗ם וְעָשׂ֨וּ אֹתָ֜ם רִקֻּעֵ֤י פַחִים֙ צִפּ֣וּי לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־הִקְרִיבֻ֥ם לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה וַיִּקְדָּ֑שׁוּ וְיִֽהְי֥וּ לְא֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* (et) the.censers of the.sinners (the) these by lives their and people.will.make them beaten.out of.thin.plates plating for the altar (dm) they brought.them.near before Yahweh and they.became.holy and let.them.become (into).a sign for the.people of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar — for they are become holy, because they were offered before the LORD — that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.'

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