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

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«רָמַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be wormy** — 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:רָמַם · **BDB:** רָמַם

### Glosses

it.became.rotten (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be wormy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5de_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. be wormy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5de_5b7_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. be wormy;— Impf. 3 ms. (c. acc. result, Ges§ 121 d N) וַיָּ֫רֻם תּוֹלָעִים Ex 16:20 (Ges§ 67 n; + וַיִּבְאַשׁ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָמַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5de_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 16:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.20/)

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וְלֹא־שָׁמְע֣וּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיּוֹתִ֨רוּ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ עַד־בֹּ֔קֶר וַיָּ֥רֻם תּוֹלָעִ֖ים וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ וַיִּקְצֹ֥ף עֲלֵהֶ֖ם מֹשֶֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and not they.listened to Moses and they.left.over people some of.it until morning and it.became.rotten worms and it.stank and he.was.angry towards them Moses

*JPS 1917:* Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and rotted; and Moses was wroth with them.

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