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# תְּמוּנָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8544

**likeness** — 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

likeness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8544/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תְּמוּנָה: n.f. likeness, form [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8544/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. likeness, form;—ת׳ Ex 20:4 + 4 times; cstr. תְּמוּנַת (תְּמֻנַת) Dt 4:16 + 3 times; sf. תְּמוּנָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 17:15;—likeness, representation (‖ פֶּסֶל) Ex 20:4 = Dt 5:8, cf. 4:16, 23, 25; form, semblance of י׳ Nu 12:8 ψ 17:15, cf. Dt 4:12 (vid. Dr), v 15; of nocturnal apparition Jb 4:16.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a form (5); form (4); the form (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 17:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.15/#tree)

אֲנִ֗י בְּ֭צֶדֶק אֶחֱזֶ֣ה פָנֶ֑יךָ אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ תְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* I in righteousness I.will.see face your I.will.be.satisfied when awake form your

*JPS 1917:* As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.

[Deuteronomy 4:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.16/#tree)

פֶּ֨ן־תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם פֶּ֖סֶל תְּמוּנַ֣ת כָּל־סָ֑מֶל תַּבְנִ֥ית זָכָ֖ר א֥וֹ נְקֵבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* lest you should.act.corruptly and you.will.make for yourselves an.idol a.form of.any image a.likeness of.a.male or a.female

*JPS 1917:* lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8544/): 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).