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# מַהֲתַלּוֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4123

**illusions** — 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

illusions [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4123/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַהֲתַלּוֹת: n.f.pl. deception [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4123/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. deception;—Is 30:10.’

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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: deception(s) (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 30:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.10/#tree)

אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ לָֽרֹאִים֙ לֹ֣א תִרְא֔וּ וְלַ֣חֹזִ֔ים לֹ֥א תֶחֱזוּ־לָ֖נוּ נְכֹח֑וֹת דַּבְּרוּ־לָ֣נוּ חֲלָק֔וֹת חֲז֖וּ מַהֲתַלּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* who they.have.said to the seers not you.must.see and to the seers not you.must.see for us straightforwardness(es) speak to us flattering.\[words\] see deception(s)

*JPS 1917:* That say to the seers: 'See not,' and to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4123.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4123/): 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).