מוֹץ
mots (H4671)
chaff
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The Hebrew word "mots" (H4671) is a term that refers to chaff, which is the dry, fluffy material that separates from grain after it has been threshed. This word appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible. The usage of "mots" is almost exclusively related to the agricultural process of harvesting grain. It describes the waste that remains after grains like wheat, barley, or oats have been separated from their stems. This word can also metaphorically refer to something worthless or insignificant that has been separated from something valuable. Given its connection to agriculture, "mots" provides insight into ancient Hebrew culture and daily life, particularly around the time of harvest. Its occurrence in eight passages of the Hebrew Bible underscores its relevance to the daily experiences of the Israelites, highlighting the distinction between the valuable (grain) and the worthless (chaff).
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How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh’s angel driving them on.
The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.
before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh’s anger comes on you.