אַשְׁפֹּת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H830

ash-heap — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

ash-heap tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַשְׁפֹּת²: ash-heap refuse-heap, dung-hill tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] ash-heap (?), refuse-heap, dung-hill (prob. orig. fire-place stone, cf. Arabic sub √);—א׳ abs. as beggars’ resting-place 1 S 2:8 = ψ 113:7 (both ‖ עָפָר; cf. Jb 2:8 Wetzstap. De); so pl. אַשְׁפַּתּוֹת La 4:5; שַׁעַר הָאַשְׁפֹּת Ne 2:13; 3:14; 12:31 = שׁ׳ הָֽשְׁפוֹת 3:13 (Ges§ 35 d).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the dung (4); ash heap (2); ash heaps (1).

In the verses

Psalms 113:7 · tree →

מְקִֽימִ֣י מֵעָפָ֣ר דָּ֑ל מֵֽ֝אַשְׁפֹּ֗ת יָרִ֥ים אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

Word for word: [he.is].raising from.[the] dust [the].poor from.[the] ash.heap he.lifts.up [the].needy

JPS 1917: Who raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the needy out of the dunghill;

Lamentations 4:5 · tree →

הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔ים נָשַׁ֖מּוּ בַּחוּצ֑וֹת הָאֱמֻנִים֙ עֲלֵ֣י תוֹלָ֔ע חִבְּק֖וּ אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת׃ס

Word for word: [those who].ate (to) delicacies they.are.desolate in the streets [those who.were].brought.up on crimson they.have.embraced ash.heaps

JPS 1917: They that did feed on dainties are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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