עֵט

«עֵט» in the Tanakh dictionary: stylus — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: 5842 · BDB: עֵט

Glosses

a.stylus (3); [is].a.stylus (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

stylus tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. stylus tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Je 8:8 stylus (√ dub.; Köii. 1, 83 (after older authorities) cp. Arabic غوط, غَاطَ sink, penetrate);—ע׳ only cstr.: of iron, for use on stone or metal Je 17:1 (בְּצִפֹּרֶן שָׂמִיר with diamond-point), Jb 19:24 (v. also חֶרֶט). prob. = reed-pen (used on roll, cf. Je 36:2, 23 etc.), ע׳ שֶׁקֶר סֹפְרִים Je 8:8, fig., לְשׁוֹנִי ע׳ סוֹפֵר מָהִיר ψ 45:1 (cf. NowArch. i. 290 BenzArch. 290).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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 (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Job 19:24

בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃

Word for word: with a.stylus of.iron and lead forever in the rock they will.be.engraved

JPS 1917: That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

Psalms 45:2

רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב אֹמֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי מַעֲשַׂ֣י לְמֶ֑לֶךְ לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י עֵ֤ט ׀ סוֹפֵ֬ר מָהִֽיר׃

Word for word: it.is.aroused heart my a.word good [am].speaking I work(s) my to.[the] king tongue my [is].a.stylus of.a.scribe skilled

JPS 1917: My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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