מֹץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4671

chaff — used 8 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

chaff tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מוֹץ: n.m. chaff tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Is 29:5 chaff (Talm. 𝔗 מוֹצָא, Arabic مَوْصٌ straw);—מ׳ abs. Ho 13:3 + 6 times; cstr. Is 17:13;—chaff, always as driven by wind, and always c. כְּ, in sim.; of wicked Jb 21:18 (‖ תֶּבֶן לִפְנֵי רוּחַ), cf. ψ 1:4; 35:5 Ho 13:3; of hostile nations Is 17:13 (מ׳ הָרִים), 29:5 (‖ אָבָק דַּךְ); hyperb. of Judah’s power, גְּבָעוֹת כַּמֹּץ תָּשִׂים Is 41:15 (‖ תָּדוּשׁ הָרִים וְתָדֹק); of passing time, יוֹם Zp 2:2.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: chaff (7); be] like chaff (1).

In the verses

Psalms 35:5 · tree →

יִֽהְי֗וּ כְּמֹ֥ץ לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּמַלְאַ֖ךְ יְהוָ֣ה דּוֹחֶֽה׃

Word for word: may.they.be like chaff before a.wind and the.angel of.Yahweh [be].pushing

JPS 1917: Let them be as chaff before the wind, the angel of the LORD thrusting them.

Job 21:18 · tree →

יִהְי֗וּ כְּתֶ֥בֶן לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃

Word for word: are.they? like straw before a.wind and like chaff [which].it has.stolen.it a.storm-wind

JPS 1917: That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?

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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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