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# עֵט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5842

**stylus** — used 4 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

stylus [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5842/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֵט: n.m. stylus [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5842/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 8:8 stylus (√ dub.; Köii. 1, 83 (after older authorities) cp. Arabic غوط, غَاطَ sink, penetrate);—ע׳ only cstr.: of iron, for use on stone or metal Je 17:1 (בְּצִפֹּרֶן שָׂמִיר with diamond-point), Jb 19:24 (v. also חֶרֶט). prob. = reed-pen (used on roll, cf. Je 36:2, 23 etc.), ע׳ שֶׁקֶר סֹפְרִים Je 8:8, fig., לְשׁוֹנִי ע׳ סוֹפֵר מָהִיר ψ 45:1 (cf. NowArch. i. 290 BenzArch. 290).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a stylus (3); \[is\] a stylus (1).

## In the verses

[Job 19:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.24/#tree)

בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* with a.stylus of.iron and lead forever in the rock they will.be.engraved

*JPS 1917:* That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

[Psalms 45:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.2/#tree)

רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב אֹמֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי מַעֲשַׂ֣י לְמֶ֑לֶךְ לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י עֵ֤ט ׀ סוֹפֵ֬ר מָהִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* it.is.aroused heart my a.word good \[am\].speaking I work(s) my to.\[the\] king tongue my \[is\].a.stylus of.a.scribe skilled

*JPS 1917:* My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5842.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5842/): 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).