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# פֶּשַׂע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6587

**step** — 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

step [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6587/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֶּ֫שַׂע: step [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6587/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] step; כְּפ׳ בֵּינִי וּבֵין הַמָּ֑וֶת 1 S 20:3.

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

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 20:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.3/#tree)

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע ע֜וֹד דָּוִ֗ד וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדֹ֨עַ יָדַ֜ע אָבִ֗יךָ כִּֽי־מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ וַיֹּ֛אמֶר אַל־יֵֽדַע־זֹ֥את יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן פֶּן־יֵֽעָצֵ֑ב וְאוּלָ֗ם חַי־יְהוָה֙ וְחֵ֣י נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ כִּ֣י כְפֶ֔שַׂע בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵ֥ין הַמָּֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* and he.swore.an.oath again David and he.said well.(know) he.knows father your (dm).that I.have.found favor in eyes your and he.has.said not let.him.know this Jonathan lest he.should.be.grieved and but \[by\].the.life of.Yahweh and.\[by\] the.life your.self your (dm) about a.step \[is\].between me and between (the) death

*JPS 1917:* And David swore moreover, and said: 'Thy father knoweth well that I have found favour in thine eyes; and he saith: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6587.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6587/): 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).