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# תַּעַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8593

**razor** — used 13 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

razor [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8593/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תַּ֫עַר: n.m. razor, sheath [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8593/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 52:4 and (Is 7:20) f. razor, sheath;— razor, abs. יְגַלַּח בְּת׳ Is 7:20 (fig.); subj. of לֹא יַעֲבֹר עַל־רֹאשׁ Nu 6:5, obj. of הֶעֱבִיר עַל־ 8:7 (P), cf. cstr. ת׳ הַגַּלָּבִים Ez 5:1; abs. כְּת׳ מְלֻטָּשׁ ψ 52:4 (sim. of tongue). cstr. ת׳ הַסֹּפֵר Je 36:23 = penknife. sheath, always sf. of sword: בְּתַעְרָהּ 2 S 20:8; of drawing sword, שָׁלַף מִתּ׳ 1 S 17:51, הוֹצַיא מִתּ׳ Ez 21:8, 10, תֵּצֵא מִתּ׳ v 9; of sheathing, הֵאָֽסְפִי אֶל־תַּעְרֵךְ Je 47:6; הָשַׁב אֶל־תַּעְרָהּ Ez 21:35.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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: sheath (7); a razor (4); (the) razor (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 52:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.52.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.52.4/#tree)

הַ֭וּוֹת תַּחְשֹׁ֣ב לְשׁוֹנֶ֑ךָ כְּתַ֥עַר מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁ עֹשֵׂ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* destruction(s) it.plots tongue your like a.razor sharpened O.\[you.who\].do (of).deceit

*JPS 1917:* Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

[Jeremiah 47:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.6/#tree)

ה֗וֹי חֶ֚רֶב לַֽיהוָ֔ה עַד־אָ֖נָה לֹ֣א תִשְׁקֹ֑טִי הֵאָֽסְפִי֙ אַל־תַּעְרֵ֔ךְ הֵרָגְעִ֖י וָדֹֽמִּי׃

*Word for word:* alas! O.sword of Yahweh until when? not you.will.be.inactive gather.yourself not sheath your rest and be.still

*JPS 1917:* O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8593.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8593/): 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).