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# דֶּלֶף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1812

**a dropping** — used 2 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

a dropping [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1812/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דֶּ֫לֶף: n.m. dropping [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1812/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a dropping (of rain, cf. WetzstZPV xiv. 1891, 5), fig. דֶּלֶף טֹרֵד מִדְיְנֵי אִשָּׁה Pr 19:13 etc.; ד׳ טוֹרֵד בְּיוֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵשֶׁת מִדְוָ֯נִים נִשְׁתָּֽוָה׃ Pr 27:15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a dripping (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 27:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.15/#tree)

דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭וֹרֵד בְּי֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.dripping continual on a.day of.persistent.rain and a.wife of.contentions she.is.like

*JPS 1917:* A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

[Proverbs 19:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.13/#tree)

הַוֺּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].destruction(s) to father his a.son a.fool and.\[are\] a.dripping continual \[the\].contentions of.a.wife

*JPS 1917:* A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1812.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1812/): 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).