מַחֲנָק

«מַחֲנָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: strangling — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 4267 · BDB: מַחֲנָק

Glosses

strangling (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

strangling tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

strangling, suffocation tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] strangling, suffocation, as a mode of death, וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי Jb 7:15 and my soul chooseth strangling (‖ מָוֶת).

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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מַחֲנָק» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 7:15

וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃

Word for word: and it.chose strangling self my death more than my.bones

JPS 1917: So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.

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