טֻחָה
ṭuchâh · H2910 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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ibis
Meaning unsure; possibly: the long-legged, wading bird sacred to ancient Egyptians symbol of the Egyptian god Thoth (note the similarity of spelling); thought able to announce flooding of the Nile
ExamplesJob 38:36 “Who has put wisdom in the innermost being, Or given understanding to the mind?
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inmost being
Meaning unsure; possibly: that which is hidden from view and/or an interior part of the body in the deepest part of one's being; hidden thoughts, attitudes
ExamplesJob 38:36 “Who has put wisdom in the innermost being, Or given understanding to the mind?
Psalm 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in secret You will make wisdom known to me.
How it’s used In 1 role
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2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 4
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Near synonyms 3 words
- קֶרֶב qereb · H7130 · inner parts, entrails, stomach
- קֶרֶב is the standard, most common Hebrew term for 'inward part, midst, interior' and overlaps significantly with טֻחָה in denoting internal organs or inner parts, though קֶרֶב has broader application beyond anatomical contexts.
- מֵעֶה mêʻeh · H4578 · bowels, interior, belly
- מֵעֶה refers specifically to internal organs, particularly intestines and bowels, making it a close anatomical synonym to טֻחָה when referring to inward parts of animals or humans.
- בֶּטֶן beṭen · H990 · belly, womb, stomach
- בֶּטֶן denotes the belly or interior of the body and can refer to internal parts, overlapping with טֻחָה in contexts describing the inside or inward regions of a body.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Birds001001002005
- טֻחָה names the inward parts or hidden depths of a person, figuratively likened in some traditional discussions to the closed places within a bird's form, describing wisdom placed in the innermost being (Job 38:36) and the broken bones made to rejoice (Psalm 51:8).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2910. tuchah טֻחוֺת noun feminine plural inward parts (as covered over, concealed) —…
טֻחוֺת noun feminine plural inward parts (as covered over, concealed) — טֻחוֺת of seat of faithfulness, בַּטּ חָפַצְתָּ ׳אֱמֶת Psa 51:8 faithfulness thou desirest in the inward parts, i.e. in the heart (|| סָתֻם); of seat of wisdom בַּטּ שָׁת ׳מִי חָכְמָה Job 38:36 (|| שֶׂכְוִי q. v.); from context this can hardly = heart of man (kidneys, 'reins,' ᵑ7, Jewish interpretations, see NHWBii, 144 and others), but is rather cloud-layers (as dark, hidden spaces, see Di VB); their 'wisdom' appears in their obedience to natural law.
טיט טוט, (√ of following; meaning unknown).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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