תָּוָה
tâvâh · H8427 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to make marks, to scratch marks
Causative action by which someone makes marks on a surface with a sharp objects, such as one's nails
Examples1 Samuel 21:13 So he disguised his sanity while in their sight and acted insanely in their custody, and he scribbled on the doors of the gate, and drooled on his beard.
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to put a mark
Causative action by which someone draws a mark on a surface
ExamplesEzekiel 9:4 And the LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תָּוmark 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ דֶּלֶתdoor 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ מֵצַחforehead 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- חָקָה châqâh · H2707 · to carve, to portray, to put a mark
- Both lexemes denote making marks or inscriptions, overlapping in the sense of inscribing or marking, and function as near-synonyms in that sense.
- תָּאָה tâʼâh · H8376 · to mark out
- Both lexemes denote forms of marking or writing action — one meaning "point out" and the other "scrabble, set a mark" — distinct Hebrew words for inscription or marking actions that function as near-synonyms.
- רָשַׁם râsham · H7559 · to write, to inscribe, to sign (a document)
- Both words refer to the act of marking or inscribing, in the area of writing and notation.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Write002001001072
- This verb denotes making a mark, as in Ezekiel 9:4's instruction to mark the foreheads of those who grieve over Jerusalem's abominations.
- Angry002001002002
- תָּוָה (tâvâh, H8427)'s own occurrences (2, with no distinguishing gloss recovered) give no independent basis for the "Angry" domain beyond what is recorded for its bundle partner. That classification is bundle-shared with תָּוָה (tâvâh, H8428) in the source data and is not independently confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8427. tavah [תָּוָה] verb denominative makeor set a mark; — Pi`el Imperfect3masculine…
[תָּוָה] verb denominative makeor set a mark; —
Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular ויתו Kt, וַוְתָיו Qr 1Sa 21:14 (Ges§ 75bb) and he made marks on (עַל) the doors: but < ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Th We Dr Gesl.c. and most וַ֫יָּתָף he drummed (see תפף).
Hiph`il עַלֿ תָו וְהִתְוִ֫יתָ Eze 9:4 set a mark (accusative of congnate meaning with verb) upon.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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