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# תּוּשִׁיָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8454

**sound** — used 12 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

sound [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8454/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תּוּשִׁיָּה: n.f. sound, efficient wisdom, abiding success [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8454/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sound, efficient wisdom, abiding success (on der., v. supr.; according to Fl De proposes advancement, or mental aptitude that advances: for the form, cf. תּוּגָה and תַּאֲנִיָּה; Sta§ 262), a technical term of the WisdLt;— sound, efficient wisdom Is 28:29 (of י׳) הפליא עצה הגדיל תושׁיה; Pr 3:21 נְצֹר תּ׳ וּמְזִמָּה; 8:14 (Wisdom speaks) לִי עֵצָה ות׳; 18:1 לכל תּ׳ יִתְגַּלָּ֑ע; Jb 11:6 (of י׳: v. Di), 12:16 עִמּוֹ עֹז ות׳; 26:3 ות׳ לָרֹב הוֹדָ֑עְתָּ (‖ יָעַצְתָּ לְלֹא חָכְמָה). of the effect of sound wisdom, abiding success (for the combination of meanings, cf. הִשְׂכִּיל to shew wisdom, and also to achieve success), Jb 5:12 ולא תעשׂינה ידיהם ת׳ do not achieve abiding success; 6:13 and abiding success (‖ עֶזְרָתִי) is driven from me; Pr 2:7 יִצְפֹּן לַיְשָׁרִים ת׳; Mi 6:9 ותושׁיה יראה שׁמך, i.e. (si vera l.) he that seeth (heedeth) thy name is well-advised (Ges§ 155, 2 b 3; Dav§ 29 e).—תֻּשִׁיָּה Jb 30:22, v. sub ii. שׁוא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 3 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 (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: sound wisdom (7); success (5).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 18:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.1/#tree)

לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד בְּכָל־תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃

*Word for word:* (to) desire he.seeks \[one.who\].separates.himself on all sound.wisdom he.breaks.out

*JPS 1917:* He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and snarlest against all sound wisdom.

[Job 5:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.12/#tree)

מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[who\].frustrates \[the\].plans of.crafty.\[people\] and not they.will.bring.about hands their success

*JPS 1917:* He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8454.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8454/): 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).