Lexical Summary tachan: to grind Original Word: טָחַןTransliteration: tachan Phonetic Spelling: (taw-khan') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to grind Meaning: to grind meal, to be a, concubine Strong's Concordance grinder A primitive root; to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment) -- grind(-er). Brown-Driver-Briggs H2912. tachan [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; אשׁתי לאחר תטחן 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 , ); ט עֲנִיִּים ׳מְּנֵי Isaiah 3:15 the face of the poor ye grind, figurative of extreme oppression. |