Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment)
KJV Usage: grind(-er)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
טָחַן (ta.chan) — to grind. (Qal) to grind, crush
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · טְחֹון · טַחֲנָה
Impact | verb qal
to grind, to crush = causative action by which humans reduce objects to tiny particles or powder with the help of a hand-mill or larger millstone; ≈ regarded as a menial task
EXO 32:20 · NUM 11:8 · DEU 9:21 · JDG 16:21 · JOB 31:10 · ECC 12:3 · ISA 47:2
Unsafe | verb qal
Collocation: טחן פָּנֶה
to grind (someone's) face literally: to grind (someone's) face; hence: = causative action by which humans cause other humans to suffer harm and humiliation, ◄ which feels as if one's face has been has been crushed with a millstone
1 JOB 31:10 This interpretation is supported by Targum, Vulgate and the parallel sentence "let others bow down upon her". Probably both the primary sense and this extension are implied: a woman grinding grain for another would be his slave or concubine and thus could be treated as he wished. 2 ECC 12:3 RSV NIV "grinders" | NRSV NJPS REB NJB ref. to women who grind | CEV GNT "teeth"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[טָחַן] vb. grind base