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# תַּהְפֻּכֹות

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8419

**perversity** — used 10 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

perversity [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8419/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תַּהְפֻּכָה: n.f. perversity, perverse thing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8419/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. perversity, perverse thing (only Pr except Dt 32:20)—Pl. abs. תַּהְפֻּכוֹת Dt 32:20 + 8 times; cstr. id. Pr 2:14;—perverse things, particularly utterances Pr 2:12; 10:32; 23:33, cf. פִּי ת׳ 8:13, לְשׁוֹן ת׳ 10:31, and even אִישׁ ת׳ Pr 16:28 (‖ נִרְגָּן slanderer); but also thoughts, devices Pr 6:14; 16:30; דּוֹר ת׳ Dt 32:20 = perverse generation (‖ לֹא־אֵמֻן בָּם), ת׳ רָ֑ע Pr 2:14 (‖ עֲשׂוֹת רָ֑ע).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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: perverse things (6); of perversiti(es) (4).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 10:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.31/#tree)

פִּֽי־צַ֭דִּיק יָנ֣וּב חָכְמָ֑ה וּלְשׁ֥וֹן תַּ֝הְפֻּכ֗וֹת תִּכָּרֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* the.mouth of.a.righteous.\[person\] it.will.bear.fruit wisdom and a.tongue of.perversiti(es) it.will.be.cut.off

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of the righteous buddeth with wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut off.

[Proverbs 16:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.28/#tree)

אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ןמַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.perversiti(es) he.sends.out strife and a.slanderer \[is\].separating a.close.friend

*JPS 1917:* A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8419.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8419/): 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).