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# טוּחַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2902

**over-spread** — used 11 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

over-spread [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2902/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טוּחַ: vb. over-spread, over-lay, coat, besmear [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2902/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. over-spread, over-lay, coat, besmear (NH id.; Aramaic id.; cf. Arabic طَاخَ re foeda contaminatus fuit, or contaminavit; مُطَيَّخٌ camel smeared with tar);— Pf. 3 ms. וְטָח consec. Lv 14:42 (on טַח Is 44:18 v. טחח); 3 pl. טָחוּ Ez 22:28; טַחְתֶּם Ez 13:12, 14; Inf. cstr. לָטוּחַ 1 Ch 29:4; Pt. pl. טָחִים Ez 13:10 + 2 times; cstr. טָחֵי Ez 13:11; only P Ez Ch;—over-spread, coat (c. acc. of house) with earth (clay, עָפָר) Lv 14:42; over-lay (walls with gold and silver) c. acc. of wall 1 Ch 29:4; metaph. of coating over Jerusalem, under fig. of a wall, with a superficial coating, to hide its real weakness Ez 13:15 (acc. of wall), v 12 c. acc. of coating (טִיחַ); with תָּפֵל (q.v.) v 11; c. 2 acc. v 10, 14, 15; cf. וּנְבִיאֶיהָ טָחוּ להם תָּפֵל Ez 22:28 where sf. ref. to oppressive nobles, i.e. the prophets ‘whitewash’ for them (their evil deeds). Inf. cstr. הִטּוֹחַ be coated (with עפר) Lv 14:43; and, fully, הִטֹּחַ את־הבית 14:48 (both P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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: was plastered (2); who\] plastered (2); you plastered (2).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 13:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.12/#tree)

וְהִנֵּ֖ה נָפַ֣ל הַקִּ֑יר הֲלוֹא֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אַיֵּ֥ה הַטִּ֖יחַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר טַחְתֶּֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and there! it.has.fallen the wall ? not will.it.be.said to you where? \[is\].the plaster which you.plastered

*JPS 1917:* and, lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you: Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

[1 Chronicles 29:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.29.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.29.4/#tree)

שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֛ים כִּכְּרֵ֥י זָהָ֖ב מִזְּהַ֣ב אוֹפִ֑יר וְשִׁבְעַ֨ת אֲלָפִ֤ים כִּכַּר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מְזֻקָּ֔ק לָט֖וּחַ קִיר֥וֹת הַבָּתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* three thousand(s) talents of.gold from the.gold of.Ophir and seven thousand(s) talent\[s\] of.silver refined to overlay the.walls of the.houses

*JPS 1917:* even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2902.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2902/): 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).