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# מֻטֶּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4297

**that which is perverted** — 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

that which is perverted [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4297/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֻטֶּה: that which is perverted, perverted justice Hiph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4297/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] that which is perverted, perverted justice (see √ Hiph. 3 g);—only וְהָעִיר מָֽלְאָה מ׳ Ez 9:9 (as above Ke Sm Da Berthol Toy RV \> perverseness AV) \> Co חָמָס (as 7:23).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: perverseness (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 9:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.9/#tree)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י עֲוֺ֨ן בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל וִֽיהוּדָה֙ גָּדוֹל֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וַתִּמָּלֵ֤א הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ דָּמִ֔ים וְהָעִ֖יר מָלְאָ֣ה מֻטֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י אָמְר֗וּ עָזַ֤ב יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֵ֥ין יְהוָ֖ה רֹאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to me the.iniquity of.the.house of.Israel and Judah \[is\].great with muchness muchness and it.has.been.filled the land blood(s) and the city it.is.full perverseness (dm) they.have.said he.has.forsaken Yahweh (et) the land and not Yahweh \[is\].seeing

*JPS 1917:* Then said He unto me: 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment; for they say: The LORD hath forsaken the land, and the LORD seeth not.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4297.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4297/): 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).