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

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«תָּפֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tasteless** — 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:תָּפֵל · **BDB:** תָּפֵל

### Glosses

sham (1); tasteless.\[food\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tasteless [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5e4_5b5_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. tasteless, unseasoned [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5e4_5b5_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. tasteless, unseasoned;—abs. ת׳, as subst. Jb 6:6; fig. of unsatisfying prophecies La 2:14 (+ שָׁוְא).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּפֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5e4_5b5_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.6/)

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הֲיֵאָכֵ֣ל תָּ֭פֵל מִבְּלִי־מֶ֑לַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַ֝֗עַם בְּרִ֣יר חַלָּמֽוּת׃

*Word for word:* is it.eaten? tasteless.\[food\] from not salt or? \[is\].there taste in.\[the\] slime of.purslane

*JPS 1917:* Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?

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[Lamentations 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.2.14/)

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נְבִיאַ֗יִךְ חָ֤זוּ לָךְ֙ שָׁ֣וְא וְתָפֵ֔ל וְלֹֽא־גִלּ֥וּ עַל־עֲוֺנֵ֖ךְ לְהָשִׁ֣יב שְׁבוּתֵ֑ךְ וַיֶּ֣חֱזוּ לָ֔ךְ מַשְׂא֥וֹת שָׁ֖וְא וּמַדּוּחִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* prophets your they.have.seen for you worthlessness and sham and not they.have.made.known on iniquity your to turn.back captivity your and they.have.seen for you oracles of.worthlessness and enticement(s)

*JPS 1917:* Thy prophets have seen visions for thee of vanity and delusion; and they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity; but have prophesied for thee burdens of vanity and seduction.

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