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title: פָּסַח — limp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּסַח (lemma:פָּסַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: limp. BDB 1906: vb. limp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּסַח

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«פָּסַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **limp** — 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:פָּסַח · **BDB:** פָּסַח²

### Glosses

\[be\].limping (1); he.became.lame (1); they.limped.around (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

limp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e1_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. limp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e1_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. limp (Thes sub I. פ׳, but dub.; Arabic فَسَخَ is dislocate; according to Gerber73 II. פ׳ is denom. from פִּסֵּחַ \[and this sub I. פ׳?\]);— Pt. pl. פֹּסְחִים עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַסְּעִפִּים 1 K 18:21 fig. (v. \[סְעִפָּה\]). Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּפֹּל וַיִּפָּסֵחַ 2 S 4:4 and he fell and was made limping (lame). Impf. 3 mpl. וַיְפַסְּחוּ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ 1 K 18:26 they went limping (along by the altar), i.e. prob. in their dance, v. Kit PietschmPhön. 220 (Gr ויפסעו \[= וַיִּפְשְׂעוּ\] stepped).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּסַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e1_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 18:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.21/)

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וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֗ם וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ עַד־מָתַ֞י אַתֶּ֣ם פֹּסְחִים֮ עַל־שְׁתֵּ֣י הַסְּעִפִּים֒ אִם־יְהוָ֤ה הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לְכ֣וּ אַחֲרָ֔יו וְאִם־הַבַּ֖עַל לְכ֣וּ אַחֲרָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ הָעָ֛ם אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.drew.near Elijah to all the people and he.said until when? \[will\].you \[be\].limping on the.two the crutches if Yahweh \[is\].(the) God walk after him and if (the) Baal walk after him and not they.answered the people him a.word

*JPS 1917:* And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said: 'How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.' And the people answered him not a word.

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[2 Samuel 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.4.4/)

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וְלִיהֽוֹנָתָן֙ בֶּן־שָׁא֔וּל בֵּ֖ן נְכֵ֣ה רַגְלָ֑יִם בֶּן־חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֣ים הָיָ֡ה בְּבֹ֣א שְׁמֻעַת֩ שָׁא֨וּל וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֜ן מִֽיִּזְרְעֶ֗אל וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֤הוּ אֹֽמַנְתּוֹ֙ וַתָּנֹ֔ס וַיְהִ֞י בְּחָפְזָ֥הּ לָנ֛וּס וַיִּפֹּ֥ל וַיִּפָּסֵ֖חַ וּשְׁמ֥וֹ מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃

*Word for word:* and.\[belonged\] to Jonathan the.son of.Saul a.son stricken of.feet a.son of.five years he.was when came the.report of.Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel and she lifted.him nurse his and she.fled and it.was when she made.haste to flee and he.fell and he.became.lame and name his \[was\].Mephibosheth

*JPS 1917:* Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

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