טָחָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2909

hurl — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

hurl tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טָחָה: vb. hurl, shoot Paʿlēl tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. hurl, shoot (NH id.; Arabic طَحَى spread, extend, carry far with, e.g. a ball Lane 1832c)—Paʿlēl Pt. (Ges§ 75 R. 18) pl. cstr. הַרְחֵק כִּמְטַחֲוֵי קֶשֶׁת Gn 21:16 (E), lit. making distant like shooters of a bow = about a bowshot off.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: shooters (1).

In the verses

Genesis 21:16 · tree →

וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב לָ֜הּ מִנֶּ֗גֶד הַרְחֵק֙ כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י קֶ֔שֶׁת כִּ֣י אָֽמְרָ֔ה אַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּמ֣וֹת הַיָּ֑לֶד וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב מִנֶּ֔גֶד וַתִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־קֹלָ֖הּ וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃

Word for word: and she.went and she.sat (for herself from before at.a.distance like.[the] shooters of.a.bow (dm) she.said not let.me.look on the.death of the.boy and she.sat from before and she.lifted.up (et) voice her and she.wept

JPS 1917: And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; for she said: 'Let me not look upon the death of the child.' And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

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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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