2912. tachan
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tachan: to grind
Original Word: טָחַן
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tachan
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-khan')
Short Definition: grind

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to grind
NASB Translation
grind (3), grinder (1), grinding (3), ground (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[טָחַן] verb grind (Late Hebrew crush, olives, etc.; Aramaic טְחַן grind; Arabic grind; Ethiopic : polenta, farina bordacea) —

Qal Perfect וְטָֽחֲנוּ Numbers 11:8; Imperfect וַיִּטְחַן Exodus 32:20; 3feminine singular תִּטְחַן Job 31:10; 2masculine plural תִּטְחָ֑נוּ Isaiah 3:15; Infinitive absolute טָחוֺן Deuteronomy 9:21; Imperative feminine singular טַחֲנִי Isaiah 47:2; Participle טוֺחֵן Judges 16:21; טֹחֲנוֺת Ecclesiastes 12:3; — grind, the work of women, with accusative, with millstones רֵחַיִם Numbers 11:8 (J E; object the manna), Isaiah 47:2 (object קָ֑מַח), this figurative of humiliation of Babylon; absolute Judges 16:21; תטחן לאחר אשׁתי Job 31:10, i.e. serve him as his slave; no object expressed Exodus 32:20 (E), Deuteronomy 9:21 (of golden calf); הַטֹּחֲנוֺת Ecclesiastes 12:3 = the teeth (compare Arabic molar teeth; so in Lexicons Syriac , ); ׳מְּנֵי עֲנִיִּים ט Isaiah 3:15 the face of the poor ye grind, figurative of extreme oppression.



Strong's
grinder

A primitive root; to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment) -- grind(-er).

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