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# פּוּג

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6313

**grow numb** — 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

grow numb [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6313/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פּוּג: vb. grow numb [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6313/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grow numb (Arabic فَاجَ grow cool; Syriac ܦܳܓ be cold (Mt 24:12), 𝔗 פּוּג cease, be helpless; NH id., fail, vanish);\*— Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּפָג לִבּוֹ Gn 45:26; 3 fs. תָּפוּג ψ 77:3 of hand (si vera l., v. נגר), i.e. drop helpless; Hb 1:4 of תּוֹרָה, i.e. be ineffective. Pf. 1 s. נְפוּגֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּיתִי ψ 38:9 I am benumbed and crushed (fig.); read prob. also אֶפּוֹגָה ψ 88:16 (for MT ἅπ. λεγ. אָפוּנָה), Ol Hup Dy Gr Che אָפוּגָה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it grew numb (2); I am numb (1); it grows numb (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 38:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.9/#tree)

נְפוּג֣וֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥ת לִבִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* I.am.numb and I.am.crushed up.to muchness I.roar from the.groaning my.heart my

*JPS 1917:* I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.

[Psalms 77:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.3/#tree)

בְּי֥וֹם צָרָתִי֮ אֲדֹנָ֪י דָּ֫רָ֥שְׁתִּי יָדִ֤י ׀ לַ֣יְלָה נִ֭גְּרָה וְלֹ֣א תָפ֑וּג מֵאֲנָ֖ה הִנָּחֵ֣ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* in the.day my.distress my Lord \[the\] I.sought hand my night it.was.stretched.out and not it.grew.numb it.refused to.be.comforted self my

*JPS 1917:* In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; with my hand uplifted, mine eye streameth in the night without ceasing; my soul refuseth to be comforted.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6313.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6313/): 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).