BDB — מ (991)

noun (fem.) (book-) roll (Targum Biblical Hebrew);—Ezra 6:2.

n. f. (judicial) district, province (Kautzsch's Grammar of Biblical Aramaic § 60, 3) d); also Biblical Hebrew);—emph. מְדִינְתָּא (M-A^{§ 72 c}) Ezra 5:8; Ezra 6:2; construct מְדִינַת Daniel 2:48, Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:1, Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:30; Ezra 7:16; plural absolute מְדִנָן Ezra 4:15, emph. מְדִינָתָא Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:3.

noun (masc.) angel (Targum Syriac);—with suffix מַלְאֲכֵהּ Daniel 3:28; Daniel 6:23.

see מָה.

noun (fem.) hundred (see Biblical Hebrew);—absolute מ׳ after noun enum., Ezra 6:17; Ezra 7:22^(×4), so אַרְבַּע מ׳ Ezra 6:17, מ׳ וְעֶשְׂרִין Daniel 6:2, and dual מָאתַ֫יִן Ezra 6:17.

see גלל.

see מִנ׳.

see דור.

proper name gent. et terr. Medes, Media (Biblical Hebrew the same);—

(מָא †Ezra 6:8) pron. interr. and indef. what? (Biblical Hebrew מָה; Nabataean מה; Zinj. מ; Targum מא; Syriac ܡܳܐ; Arabic مَا: compare W^{CG 124 f.});—

verb smite (see Biblical Hebrew II. מָחָה);—

verb reach, attain (Targum the same, Syriac ܡܛܳܐ, compare Chr-Pal. Schulthess^{Lex. 108}; Ethiopic መጠወ Arabic أَنْطَى (for أَمْطَى) Noldeke^{ZMG xi (1886), 736}; distinct from Biblical Hebrew מָצָא, etc., q.see);—

proper name (masc.) (= Biblical Hebrew the same, 2, under מִי);—Daniel 2:17.

proper name (masc.) (Biblical Hebrew the same);—Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12 + 11 times 3.

see לאך.

see מלל.

noun (masc.) salt (see Biblical Hebrew);—מ׳ absolute Ezra 6:9; Ezra 7:22 (both for sacrifices), construct Ezra 4:14.

verb denom. with a direct object cogn., eat salt;—

noun (masc.) king (general Sem.; see Biblical Hebrew);—מ׳ absolute Daniel 2:10 + 2 times; construct Daniel 4:34 + 6 times; usually emph. מַלְכָּא Ezra 4:8 + 154 times, ה—ָ Daniel 2:11; plural מַלְכִין Ezra 4:15 + 9 times, ים—ִ Ezra 4:13 (Hebraism, Be-Ry M^{41 *}); emph. מַלְכַיָּא Daniel 2:44 + 2 times;—king Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:5 + 132 times Dn, Ezra 4:8, Ezra 4:11 + 42 times Ezr (מֶלֶךְ מַלְכַיָּא of Neb. Daniel 2:37, of Artax. Ezra 7:12 [compare Cooke^{71, 3}, of Xerxes]; מַלְכִין Daniel 7:17 = kingdoms, compare מַלְכוּ v Ezra 4:23).

noun (fem.) queen;—emph. מַלְכְּתָא Daniel 5:10^(×2).

noun (fem.) royalty, reign, kingdom;—absolute מ׳ Daniel 2:39 +; construct מַלְכוּת Ezra 4:24 +; emph. -תָא Daniel 2:37 +, -תָה Daniel 2:44; with suffix -תִי Daniel 4:15 +, -תֵהּ Daniel 3:33 +, -תָךְ Daniel 4:23 +; plural construct מַלְכְוָת Daniel 7:27; emph. -וָתָא Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:23;—

noun (fem.) word, thing;—absolute מ׳ Daniel 2:9 +, construct מִלַּת v Daniel 2:10 +; emph. מִלְּתָה v Daniel 2:5, א—ָ v Daniel 2:8 +; plural absolute מִלִּין Daniel 7:1, Daniel 7:25, construct מִלֵּי Daniel 5:10, emph. מִלַּיָּא Daniel 7:11, Daniel 7:16;—

(so Gi, with most MSS., supported by Syriac ܡܰܢ, Arabic مِنْ; see Kautzsch's Grammar of Biblical Aramaic § 22, 1), מָן (Baer: see on Daniel 3:6), interr. pron. who? (Old Aramaic Nabataean Palmyrene מן (Lidzbarski³¹² Cooke¹⁸⁸), Targum מן, Syriac ܡܰܢ, Ethiopic መኑ Arabic مَنْ: W^{CG 123}: Biblical Hebrew מִי);—

preposition from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than (Biblical Hebrew and general Aramaic the same);—rarely assimilated, as in Hebrew, see Daniel 6:5 מִצַּד, Ezra 5:11; Ezra 6:14; with suffix מִנִּי, מִנָּךְ, 3rd masculine מִנֵּהּ, f. מִנַּהּ † Daniel 2:42; Daniel 7:24; 3rd masculine plural מִנְּהוֹן (so Palmyrene^{Tariff ii. a 34}; Nabataean Egyptian Aramaic מנהם, Cooke^{Noldeke. 89. 6}, S-C^{Pap. A 10}) †Daniel 2:33^(×2), Daniel 2:41^(×2), Daniel 2:42^(×2) Kesiv (Keri each time f. מִנְּהֵן), Daniel 6:3^(×2);—

see מנה.

(?) noun (fem.) tribute (Assyrian loan-word, compare Biblical Hebrew ii. [מִדָּה]);—absolute מִנ׳ Ezra 4:13; Ezra 7:24 + Ezra 4:20 Baer (van d. H. Gi Strack מִדָּה); construct מִדַּת Ezra 6:8.

verb number, reckon (see Biblical Hebrew);—

n. [m.] maneh, mina, a weight (see Biblical Hebrew; Old Aramaic מנה SAC⁷⁵ Lidzbarski³¹³);—absolute Daniel 5:25^(×2), Daniel 5:26, see ClGann^{JAs Juillet-Août, 1886, 36 ff.} Noldeke^{ZA i. 414 f.} Driver and elsewhere; its connexion in Dn with מְנָה is due to word-play; see also פְּרֵס, תְּקֵל.

noun (fem.) gift, offering (Biblical Hebrew the same, √ מנח);—

noun (masc.) lord (Targum מָר, c. מָרֵי; Syriac ܡܳܪܶܐ, e. ܡܳܪܳܐ, ܡܳܪܝܳܐ, Egyptian Aramaic מרא (RÉS^{i. 361}); Chr-Pal. ܡܐܪ, etc., Schulthess^{Lex. 115}; Old Aramaic Nabataean Palmyrene מר(א) (Lidzbarski³¹⁶); compare proper name dei מרנא (μαρνα), god of Gaza, SAC⁷⁷; also Arabic مَرْءٌ man, Sabean מרא man, lord Hom^{Chr 127; AA 293} RÉS^{i. 454, 2});—lord: of God, construct מ׳ שְׁמַיָּא Daniel 5:23, מָרֵה מַלְכִין Daniel 2:47; of king, with suffix מָֽרְאִי Kesiv (as Nabataean, SAC^l.c.; Kautzsch's Grammar of Biblical Aramaic § 58, 1), Keri מָרִי (as Palmyrene, SAC^l.c.) Daniel 4:16, Daniel 4:21.

n.[m.] oil (see Biblical Hebrew);—absolute Ezra 6:9; Ezra 7:22.

see שׁתה.

n.[m.] desire plural construct מַאֲוַיֵּי רָשָׁע Tehillim 140:9.

noun (masc.) luminary—absolute Breishis 1:16 +; construct מְאוֹר Mishlei 15:30 +; plural מְאוֹרֹת Breishis 1:15; מְאֹרֹת v Breishis 1:14, Breishis 1:16; construct מְאוֹרֵי Yechezkel 32:8—light, light-bearer, luminary, lamp, of sun & moon Breishis 1:14, Breishis 1:15, Breishis 1:16^(×3) Yechezkel 32:8; moon Tehillim 74:16; מְנֹרַת הַמָּאוֹר the lamp-stand of the luminary or light (where הַמּ׳ is sum of seven sacred lamps on golden lamp-stand) Shemos 35:14^(×2), Shemos 35:28; Shemos 39:37 Bamidbar 4:9, Bamidbar 4:16, compare Shemos 25:6; Shemos 27:20; Shemos 35:8 Vayikra 24:2 (all P); מְאוֹר־עֵינַיִם יְשַׂמַּח־לֵב֑ Mishlei 15:30 the luminary of the eyes (= the eyes as a lamp) gives the light of joy to the heart; מְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ Tehillim 90:8 the luminary of thy face (thy face as a lamp) in the light of which the secrets are exposed.

noun (masc.) Shoftim 14:14 (f. Chavakuk 1:16) food—מ׳ Breishis 2:9 + 21 textual; construct מַאֲכַל Breishis 40:7 + 3 textual; with suffix מַאֲכָֽלְךָ Yechezkel 4:10; מַאֲכָלוֹ Chavakuk 1:16; מַאֲכָלָהּ Mishlei 6:8; מַאֲכַלְכֶם Daniel 1:10—food, in genl. Breishis 6:21 Melachim Alef 10:5 = Divrei HaYamim Beis 9:4 Chaggai 2:12; opposite drink Ezra 3:7 Divrei HaYamim Beis 11:11 Daniel 1:10; מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָה Iyov 33:20; figuratively of peoples as fishes, food for Chaldeans Chavakuk 1:16; appl. to fruit Breishis 2:9; Breishis 3:6 (of tree טוֹב לְמ׳) compare עֵץ־מ׳ Vayikra 19:23 Devarim 20:20 Nechemia 9:25 Yechezkel 47:12^(×2); appl. to דָּגָן Yeshaya 62:8 appl.; to honey Shoftim 14:14; to flour Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:40(Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:41), appos. קֶמַח; to food of ants Mishlei 6:8 (‖ לָחֶם); to baker’s work Breishis 40:17 compare Yechezkel 4:10; appl. to carcasses, as food for beasts & birds of prey Devarim 28:26 Tehillim 79:2 compare Tehillim 44:12 (צֹאן מ׳, simile of suffering people) Yirmiya 7:33; Yirmiya 16:4; Yirmiya 19:7; Yirmiya 34:20 Tehillim 74:14.

noun (fem.) fuel construct, only מַא׳ אֵשׁ Yeshaya 9:4, Yeshaya 9:18.

noun (fem.) food-stuff, consisting in חִטִּים, Melachim Alef 5:25 (on form see Böttcher's Hebrew Grammar § 415 Stade's Hebrew Grammar § 112 and 2) so read also ‖ Divrei HaYamim Beis 2:9 (Masoretic Text מַכּוֹת).

noun (masc.) ^{Esther 9:32} word, command (late; Mish. the same) construct מַאֲמַר Esther 1:15; Esther 2:20; Esther 9:32.

proper name (place) station of Isr. in wilderness, where Aaron died (this was Mt. Hor according to Bamidbar 20:22; Bamidbar 33:37) Devarim 10:6; locality unknown. Another form is

proper name (place) the same, Bamidbar 33:30, Bamidbar 33:31.

n.[m.] thing baked, construct מִנְחָה מַאֲפֵה תַנּוּר Vayikra 2:4.

n.[m.] darkness, Yehoshua 24:7 וַיָּשֶׂם מ׳ בֵּינֵיכֶם וג׳, between Hebrews & Egyptians.

noun (fem.) deep darkness ( = מַאֲפֵל יָהּ according to Gesenius' Thesaurus Muhlau-Volck compare Shir HaShirim 8:6 שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה; but Ewald's Hebrew Grammar § 165 b & on Yirmiya 2:31 reads מַאְפִּלִיָּה, feminine of [מאפלי], der. from Hiph. participle (בינוני); compare Stade's Hebrew Grammar § 302 b מַאְפְּלִיָּה; Jäger^{BAS 471} thinks this יָה an enclitic particle of emphasis, & comp. Assyrian)—only אֶרֶץ מ׳ Yirmiya 2:31 figuratively of י׳ in dealing with his people (‖ מִדְבָּר).

noun (masc.) ^{Devarim 29:2} wonder, sign, portent (= מֹאפֵת)—מוֹפֵת Shemos 7:9 + 14 times; מוֹפֶתְכֶם Yechezkel 12:11; מוֹפְתִים Devarim 4:34 + 4 times; מֹפְתִים Devarim 6:22 + 9 times; מוֹפְתַי Shemos 7:3; Shemos 11:9; מוֹפְתָיו Tehillim 78:43; מֹפְתָיו Divrei HaYamim Alef 16:12 Tehillim 105:5—

proper name (place) Meroz, in northern Palestine Shoftim 5:23 (expl. as = מֶאֱ וֹז, مَأْرَز retreat by Gesenius' Thesaurus Muhlau-Volck and elsewhere)

noun (masc.) ^{Yirmiya 38:14} entrance, a coming in, entering;—מ׳ absolute Yirmiya 38:14 + 3 times + Yechezkel 42:9 Kesiv (Keri מֵבִיא wrong, compare Co); construct מְבוֹא Devarim 11:30 + 12 times; with suffix מְבוֹאוֹ Tehillim 104:19 + 2 times; מְבֹאוֹ Tehillim 50:1; מבואך Shmuel Beis 3:25 Kesiv (Keri מוֹבָאֶ֑ךָ inexplicable compare Driver); plural construct מְבוֹאֵי Yechezkel 26:10, מְבוֹאֹת Yechezkel 27:3;—

n.[m.] (f. Yechezkel 24:5) choicest, best, construct מִבְחַר Devarim 12:11 + 10 times; with suffix מִבְחָרָיו Daniel 11:15; vows Devarim 12:11; valleys Yeshaya 22:7; fir trees Yeshaya 37:24; cedars Yirmiya 22:7; bones Yechezkel 24:4; sepulchres Breishis 23:6; of the flock Yechezkel 24:5; of the Assyrians Yechezkel 23:7; captains Shemos 15:4 (E poet.); young men Yirmiya 48:15; מבחר וטוב לבנון Yechezkel 31:16 (del. וטוב Septuagint Co); עַם מִבְחָרָיו Daniel 11:15 = his choice troops.

n.[m.] choice, in the phrases עִיר מִבְחוֹר choice city Melachim Beis 3:19; מִבְחוֹר בְּרשָׁיו choice fir trees Melachim Beis 19:23 = מִבְחַר בְּרוֹשָׁיו Yeshaya 37:24 (probably scribal error in both cases for מִבְחַר).

proper name (masc.) (choice) one of David’s warriors Divrei HaYamim Alef 11:38.

n.[m.] rash utterance, מִבְטָא שׂפתיה Bamidbar 30:7, Bamidbar 30:9.

n.[m.] confidence Yechezkel 29:16—construct מִבְטַח Mishlei 14:26, מִבְטָח Tehillim 65:6; with suffix מִבְטַחִי Iyov 31:24 + 6 times (dag. implicit); מִבְטֶחָם Yirmiya 48:13; מִבְטֶחָהֿ Mishlei 21:22; plural מִבְטַחִים Yeshaya 32:18; מִבְטָחַיִךְ Yirmiya 2:37;—

proper name (masc.) one of David’s heroes Shmuel Beis 23:27 read probably סִבְּכַי ‖ Divrei HaYamim Alef 11:29 compare Driver^Smend.

noun (masc.) ^{Yeshaya 17:3} fortification—מִבְצָר Bamidbar 32:17 + 18 times; construct מִבְצַר Yehoshua 19:29 + 2 times; plural מִבְצָרִים Bamidbar 13:19 Daniel 11:24; מִבְצָרוֹת Daniel 11:15; מִבְצְרֵי Eicha 2:2 Daniel 11:39; with suffix מִבְצָרֶיךָ Hoshea 10:14 + 2 times; מִבְצָרַיִךְ Nachum 3:12; מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ v Nachum 3:14 Yirmiya 48:18; מִבְצָרָיו Tehillim 89:41 Eicha 2:5; מִבְצָרֶיהָ Yeshaya 34:13; מִבְצְרֵיהֶם Melachim Beis 8:12;—fortification, especially in phrase (המ׳) מ׳ (ערי) עיר = fortified city Bamidbar 32:17, Bamidbar 32:36 Yehoshua 10:20; Yehoshua 19:29, Yehoshua 19:35 Shmuel Alef 6:18 Melachim Beis 3:19; Melachim Beis 10:2; Melachim Beis 17:9; Melachim Beis 18:8 Yirmiya 4:5; Yirmiya 5:17; Yirmiya 8:14; Yirmiya 34:7 Tehillim 108:11 (עיר מ׳ = עיר מָצוֹר Tehillim 60:11), Divrei HaYamim Beis 17:19 Daniel 11:15 (מ׳ in this connexion sing. except Yirmiya 5:17 & Daniel 11:15 (מבצרות)); Yirmiya 1:18 figuratively of prophet, so without עיר Yirmiya 6:27; fortress, stronghold, literally without עיר etc. Bamidbar 13:19 Melachim Beis 8:12 Yirmiya 48:18 Yeshaya 17:3; Yeshaya 25:12 (מ׳ משׁגב חומתיך) Yeshaya 34:13) (‖ארמנת), Eicha 2:2, Eicha 2:5 (‖ the same) Tehillim 89:41 Hoshea 10:14 Amos 5:9 Micha 5:10 Nachum 3:12, Nachum 3:14 Chavakuk 1:10 Daniel 11:24, Daniel 11:39; followed byproper name מ׳ צֹר Shmuel Beis 24:7 (compare Yehoshua 19:29 עיר מ׳ צֹר).

noun (fem.)plural the twisted, that is cords, Shemos 28:14 compare Dillmann (appos. שַׁרְשְׁרֹת זָהָב, ‖ שׁ׳ הָעֲבֹתֹת).

noun (fem.)plural head-gear, turban, of common priest (conical or convex), Shemos 28:40 Vayikra 8:13; מִגְבָּעֹת Shemos 29:9; Shemos 39:28 (פַּאֲרֵי הַמּ׳).

proper name (masc.) Ezra 2:30 בְּנֵי מ׳ Septuagint Μαγεβως, etc., a family of returning exiles, om. ‖ Nechemia 7:32, but Septuagint A א Μαγεβως etc., SeptuagintL Μαγβεις; compare Smend^{Listen 15}.

and (Zecharia 12:11) מְגִדּוֹן proper name (place) (connexion with above √ not clear; Septuagint Μαγεδδω, Μεκεδω, Μαγεδω, etc.; Vulgate Mageddo; Assyrian Magadû, Magidû, Cuneiform Inscriptions & the Old Testament^Gloss Delitzsch^{Pa 287}) old Canaanitish city, assigned to Manasseh Melachim Alef 4:12; Melachim Alef 9:15 Melachim Beis 9:27; Melachim Beis 23:29, Melachim Beis 23:30; מֶלֶךְ מ׳ Yehoshua 12:21; ישְׁבֵי מ׳ Yehoshua 17:11 = Shoftim 1:27; מֵי מ׳ Shoftim 5:19; בִּקְעַת מ׳ Zecharia 12:11 Divrei HaYamim Beis 35:22;—mod. Lejjûn (= legio) Robinson^{BR ii, 329 f. 364} Bd^{Pal 229}.

noun (masc.) tower, Breishis 11:5 + 11 times; construct מִגְדַּל Shoftim 8:17 + 21 times; plural מִגְדָּלִים Divrei HaYamim Beis 26:9 + 6 times; מִגְדָּלֶיהָ Tehillim 48:13 Yechezkel 26:4; pluralf. מִגְדָּלוֹת Divrei HaYamim Beis 32:5 + 2 times; construct מִגְדְּלוֹת Shir HaShirim 5:13 (?); with suffix מִגְדְּלֹתַיִךְYechezkel 26:9; Yechezkel 27:11;—

noun (masc.) tower, Shmuel Beis 22:51 Keri (Kesiv מגדיל = Tehillim 18:51 מַגְדִּל).

proper name (מִגְדּוֹל only Yirmiya 46:14) fortified city on the NE. border of Egypt Shemos 14:2 Bamidbar 33:7 Yirmiya 44:1; Yirmiya 46:14 Yechezkel 29:10; Yechezkel 30:6; Copt. meschtôl (Champoll.^{L’Égypte sous les Pharaons ii. 79}), Egyptian makƟel Eb^{GS 522}.

n.[m.] sojourning-place, dwelling-place, sojourning—with suffix מְגוּרָם Tehillim 55:16; plural construct מְגוּרֵי Breishis 37:1; with suffix מְגוּרַי Breishis 47:9, מְגוּרָ֑י Tehillim 119:54, מְגֻרֶיךָ Breishis 17:8; Breishis 28:4, מְגוּרָיו Iyov 18:19, מְגוּרֵיהֶם Breishis 36:7 + 2 times, מְגֻרֵיהֶם Shemos 6:4;—dwelling-place Tehillim 55:16 Iyov 18:19;—sojourning(-place), always plural, אֶרֶץ מ׳ Breishis 17:8; Breishis 28:4; Breishis 36:7; Breishis 37:1 Shemos 6:4 (Hexateuch always P) Yechezkel 20:38; sojourning (plural) = life-time, שְׁנֵי מ׳ Breishis 47:9 יְמֵי מ׳ Breishis 47:9; compare בֵּית מ׳ Tehillim 119:54.

noun (fem.)plural the same, Yoel 1:17 (‖ אֹצָרוֹת; but Septuagint ληνοί, Me גתות).

noun (masc.) fear, terror—absolute מ׳ Tehillim 31:14 + 6 times + Yirmiya 20:3 compare below; plural with suffix מְגוּרַי Eicha 2:22;—fear, terror Yeshaya 31:9; = cause of terror Yirmiya 20:4; elsewhere in phrase, coined by Jerem, מ׳ מִסָּבִיב terror on every side Yirmiya 6:25; Yirmiya 20:3 (where as proper name), v Yirmiya 20:10; Yirmiya 46:5; Yirmiya 49:29 Tehillim 31:14; Eicha 2:22 (מְגוּרַי מִסּ׳).

noun (fem.) roll (writing, book; late)—מ׳ Yirmiya 36:28 + 16 times; construct מְגִלַּת־ Tehillim 40:8 + 3 times;—roll of writing, book מְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר Yirmiya 36:2, Yirmiya 36:4 Yechezkel 2:9 Tehillim 40:8; מ׳ alone Yirmiya 36:6, Yirmiya 36:14^(×2), Yirmiya 36:20, Yirmiya 36:21, Yirmiya 36:23, Yirmiya 36:25, Yirmiya 36:27, Yirmiya 36:28^(×2), Yirmiya 36:29, Yirmiya 36:32 Yechezkel 3:1, Yechezkel 3:2, Yechezkel 3:3 Zecharia 5:1, Zecharia 5:2.

noun (masc.) ^{Melachim Alef 14:27}, & f. ^{Melachim Alef 10:17}, shield (Arabic مِجَنٌّ, Aramaic מְגִנָּא, ܡܓܶܢܳܐ )—מָגֵן Breishis 15:1 + 33 times (also construct Devarim 33:29 Nachum 2:4); with suffix מָגִנִּי Tehillim 7:11 + 5 times; מָגִנֵּנוּ Tehillim 33:20 + 3 times; מָגִנָּם Tehillim 115:9, Tehillim 115:10, Tehillim 115:11; plural מָגִנִּים Melachim Alef 10:17 + 6 times; מָגִנּוֹת Divrei HaYamim Beis 23:9; construct מָגִנֵּי Melachim Alef 14:26 + 4 times; with suffix מָגִנָּיו Iyov 15:26; מָגִנֶּיהָ Hoshea 4:18;—shield, buckler, carried by warrior for defence Shoftim 5:8 Shmuel Beis 1:21^(×2) Melachim Beis 19:32 = Yeshaya 37:33, Divrei HaYamim Alef 5:18; Divrei HaYamim Beis 14:7; Divrei HaYamim Beis 17:17; Divrei HaYamim Beis 23:9; Divrei HaYamim Beis 26:14; Divrei HaYamim Beis 32:5 Nechemia 4:10 Tehillim 76:4 Yirmiya 46:3, Yirmiya 46:9 Yechezkel 23:24; Yechezkel 38:4, Yechezkel 38:5; Yechezkel 39:9 Nachum 2:4 Yeshaya 22:6 compare Yeshaya 21:5 (anoint the shield, to make it slippery), so also Tehillim 35:2 (where י׳ figuratively as warrior); אִישׁ מָגֵן = armed man Mishlei 6:11; Mishlei 24:34; laid up for show, or as treasure Melachim Alef 10:17^(×2); Melachim Alef 14:26, Melachim Alef 14:27 (= Divrei HaYamim Beis 9:16^(×2); Divrei HaYamim Beis 12:9, Divrei HaYamim Beis 12:10) Divrei HaYamim Beis 32:27 compare Shir HaShirim 4:4 Yechezkel 27:10; of scales of crocodile (leviathan) אֲפִיקֵי מָגִנִּים Iyov 41:7; figuratively of wicked’s defence against judgments of י׳, עֲבִי גַבֵּי מָגִנָּיו Iyov 15:26; figuratively of king Tehillim 89:19 (compare Cheyne); figuratively of rulers of Ephraim Hoshea 4:18; figuratively of rulers of earth Tehillim 47:10; figuratively (very often) of י׳, as defence of his servants, Tehillim 3:4; Tehillim 7:11 (read מָגִנִּי עָלַי אל׳ compare Cheyne crit. note) Tehillim 18:3, Tehillim 18:31, Tehillim 18:36 (= Shmuel Beis 22:3, Shmuel Beis 22:31, Shmuel Beis 22:36) Tehillim 28:7; Tehillim 33:20; Tehillim 59:12; Tehillim 84:10, Tehillim 84:12; Tehillim 115:9, Tehillim 115:10, Tehillim 115:11; Tehillim 119:114; Tehillim 144:2 Mishlei 2:7; Mishlei 30:5, and see especially Breishis 15:1.

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noun (fem.) recess, rebatement (Revised Version), that is ledge, only plural, נָתַן מִגְרָעוֹת לבית Melachim Alef 6:6.

noun (masc.) ^{Bamidbar 35:2} common, common-land, open land (perhaps orig. pasture-land, as place of [cattle] driving)—absolute מ׳ Yechezkel 45:2 + 2 times + Yechezkel 48:15 (Co מגרשָׁהּ); construct מִגְרַשׁ Vayikra 25:34; Divrei HaYamim Beis 31:19; (on מִגְרָשָׁהּ Yechezkel 36:5 compare גרשׁ); elsewhere plural, absolute מִגְרשׁוֹת Yechezkel 27:28 (Baer); Co מרעשׁת assumed from רָעַשׁ, compare Septuagint; construct מִגְרְשֵׁי Bamidbar 35:4 + 2 times; with suffix מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ Yehoshua 21:13^(×2) + 42 times; מִגְרָשֶׁהָ Yehoshua 21:11 + 46 times in Yehoshua 21 (generally –֑ or –֔ but also –֖ v Yehoshua 21:21); מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם Bamidbar 35:3 + 4 times; מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן Bamidbar 35:7 + 8 times—commonland, usually plural, and usually as attached to a city or town, especially as surrounding Levitical cities Bamidbar 35:2, Bamidbar 35:3, Bamidbar 35:4, Bamidbar 35:5, Bamidbar 35:7 Yehoshua 14:4; Yehoshua 21:2 + 55 times Yehoshua 21 (all P; in Codd. & old old versions. are two vv Yehoshua 21, betw. v Yehoshua 21:35, Yehoshua 21:36, with מ׳ 4 times; om. Mass, Edd., Baer, but compare Theile, & Dillmann ad location); Divrei HaYamim Alef 6:40 + 40 times Divrei HaYamim Alef 6; Divrei HaYamim Alef 13:2; Divrei HaYamim Beis 11:14; so also שְׂדֵה מ׳ Vayikra 25:34, שְׂדֵי מ׳ Divrei HaYamim Beis 31:19; lands surrounding the holy city Yechezkel 48:15, Yechezkel 48:17; open land or space about the temple Yechezkel 45:2; only Divrei HaYamim Alef 5:16 כל־מִגְרְשֵׁי שָׁרוֹן of (pasture-)lands in a district, compare שׁרון.—Yechezkel 27:28 מגרשׁות, if true text, = open country about Tyre (opposite sea, compare context), but see Davidson & compare above

noun (masc.) mouth, as organ of speech,—מִדְבָּרֵךְ נָאוֶה thy mouth is lovely Shir HaShirim 4:3 ‖שִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְ, Septuagint λαλιά, Jer eloquium.

noun (masc.) wilderness—Devarim 32:10 +; c. ה location מִדְבָּ֫רָה Yehoshua 18:12 + 15 times; construct Shemos 15:22 +; מִדְבַּ֫רָה Melachim Alef 19:15; with suffix מִדְבָּרָהּ Yeshaya 51:3;—

noun (masc.) ^{Devarim 7:15} sickness—construct singular מַדְוֵה מִצְרַיִם Devarim 28:60 (read מַדְוֵי plural, as Devarim 7:15?); construct plural מַדְוֵי מִצְרַיִם Devarim 7:15 (both ‖ חֳלִי).

noun (masc.) means or occasion of stumbling, Mishlei 26:28 פֶּה־חָלָק יַעֲשֶׂה מ׳ (‖ לְשׁוֹן־שֶׁקֶר יִשְׂנָא דַכָּו).

noun (masc.) ^{Mishlei 22:10} strife, contention—Tehillim 80:7 + 9 times; plural מִדְיָנִים Mishlei 18:18, מִדְ֯וָנִים Mishlei 18:19 + 7 times; contracted into מְדָנִים Mishlei 6:19; Mishlei 10:12, מִדֳ֯נִים Mishlei 6:14; construct מִדְיְנֵי Mishlei 19:13.

proper name (place) a royal city of the Canaanites Yehoshua 11:1; Yehoshua 12:19; Septuagint Μαρρν, Μαδων, Λαμορων;= Madîn. close to Hattîn, Survey^{i. 365}, doubtful; a village Maron lies 2 hours WSW. from Kedesh, van deVelde^{Mem 146}, compare Dillmann.

proper name (masc.) 1. son of Abraham and Keturah Breishis 25:2 Divrei HaYamim Alef 1:32.

adjectivegent. Midianite—Bamidbar 10:29; f. מִדְיָנִית Bamidbar 25:6, Bamidbar 25:14, Bamidbar 25:15; plural מִדְיָנִים Breishis 37:28 Bamidbar 25:17; Bamidbar 31:2, מְדָנִים Breishis 37:36.

noun (fem.) province (an Aramaic word, compare Syriac ܡܕܝܺܢܻܬܳܐ, Arabicمَدِينَةٌ city) compare also Old Aramaic מדינתא city, Palmyrene מדיתא city, with suffix מדיתהון, plural מדינתא SAC⁷⁰ Lidzbarski³⁰⁶ Cooke ²⁶⁶. Esther 1:1 + 28 times; plural מְדִינוֹת Melachim Alef 20:14 + 23 times;—a district of an empire,

proper name (place) in Moab Yirmiya 48:2 (on text, however, compare Cheyne Yeshaya 25:10).

noun (fem.) dung-place, dung-pit, במי מ׳ Yeshaya 25:10 (Keri בְּמוֹ מ׳).

n.[m.] treading- or stepping-place, place for the foot to tread on, only construct מִדְרַךְ כַּף־רָ֑גֶל Devarim 2:5 treading-place for the sole of a foot (compare Devarim 11:24 = Yehoshua 1:3).

n.[m.] study, exposition, midrash, only construct מִדְרַשׁ (late; common in Mishnaic Hebrew, in sense of imaginative exposition or didactic story)—מִדְרַשׁ סֵפֶר הַמְּלָכִים midrash of the book of Kings Divrei HaYamim Beis 24:27; מִדְרַשׁ הַנָּבִיא עִדּוֹ midrash of the prophet Iddo Divrei HaYamim Beis 13:22. These were probably of a didactic character, compare Driver^{Intr. 497}.

noun (fem.) tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture—absolute מ׳ Devarim 7:23 + 7 times; construct מְהוּמַת Shmuel Alef 5:11 Yechezkel 22:5; plural absolute מְהוּמוֹת Divrei HaYamim Beis 15:5, מְהוּמֹת Amos 3:9;—

noun (masc.) ^{Nechemia 2:6} walk, journey, going (late); construct מַהֲלַךְ Yechezkel 42:4 + 2 times; with suffix מַהֲלָֽכְךָ Nechemia 2:6; plural מַהְלְכִים Zecharia 3:7;—

proper name (masc.) (praise of God, compare יְהַלֶּלְאֵל above); read מְהַלֶּלְאֵל Gray^{Prop. N. 201}.—

מִזְבֵּחַ₄₀₁ noun (masc.) Yehoshua 22:10 altar (Arabic مَذْبَحٌ, place of slaughter, trench made by torrent, Sabean מדֿבח D.H. Müller^{Epigr. Denkm. 24}); מ׳ absolute Melachim Beis 18:22 + 223 times, הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה Shemos 29:13 + 31 times; construct מִזְבַּח Shemos 20:21 + 76 times, with suffix מִזְבְּחִי Shemos 20:23 + 7 times, מִזְבַּחֲךָ Melachim Alef 8:31 + 3 times, מִזְבְּחֶ֑ךָ Devarim 33:10; מִזְבְּחוֹ Shoftim 6:31 + 2 times; plural מִזְבְּחֹת Bamidbar 23:1 + 5 times, מִזְבְּחוֹת Melachim Beis 21:3 + 23 times, with suffix מִזְבְּחוֹתֶיךָ Tehillim 84:4, other sfs. 21 times;—

noun (masc.) garner (on format. compare Olshausen's Hebrew Grammar § 144 b, 197 b)—only Pl. with suffix מְזָוֵינוּ מְלֵאִים Tehillim 144:13 our garners are full (word inflected as if מְ were radical; compare Oll.c.)

n.[m.] wound (as needing to have its matter pressed out)—figuratively of injury to, or sufferings of, Isr. and Judah: מָזוֹר Hoshea 5:13 also Yirmiya 30:13 (Graf Cheyne Revised Version margin; but accents Ewald Gesenius Giesebrecht Authorized Version Revised Version for pressing, that is binding up); מְזֹרוֹ Hoshea 5:13 (compare III. זור Yeshaya 1:6).—מָזוֹר Ovadia 1:7 see under מזר.

noun (masc.) recorder, see זָכַר Hiph.

noun (fem.) purpose, discretion, device (Je and WisdLt), מְזִמָּה Iyov 42:2 + 5 times; הַמְּזִמָּ֫תָה Yirmiya 11:15 (but read for המ׳ רַבִּים with Septuagint הַמְּזִמֹּת הַֽנְדָרִים); altogether עָֽשְׂתָה מְזִמֹּת הַֽנְדָרִים וּבְשַׂר קֹדֶשׁ יַעֲבִרוּ מֵעָלַיִךְ רָעָתֵךְ. מְזִמָּתוֹ Yirmiya 51:11; plural absolute מְזִמּוֹת Tehillim 37:7 + 7 times; construct the same Yirmiya 23:20; Yirmiya 30:24; with suffix מְזִמּוֹתָיו Tehillim 10:4;—

n.[m.] melody (techn. design. of psalms; compare Hupfeld^{Psalm. Einl. § 7, 2} De⁴ on Tehillim 3, Baethgen^{Psalmen, xiii}; مَزَامِيرٌ, ܡܰܙܡܘܽܖ̈ܶܐ, መዝሙር: loan-wds., all = Psalm(s); on מ׳, in relation to תהלה compare Lg^{Or ii. 22f.}), always in this form; in 57 ψ-titles:—מ׳ alone Tehillim 98:1, מ׳ שׁיר ליום הַשַּׁבָּת Tehillim 92:1, מ׳ לְתוֹדָה Tehillim 100:1; usually with person name or title; מ׳ לְדָוִד Tehillim 3:1; Tehillim 15:1; Tehillim 23:1; Tehillim 29:1; Tehillim 63:1; Tehillim 141:1; Tehillim 143:1, שׁיר מ׳ לדוד Tehillim 108:1, מ׳ לדוד לְהַזְכִּיר Tehillim 38:1, מ׳ שִׁיר־חֲנֻכַּת הבית לדוד Tehillim 30:1, לדוד מ׳ Tehillim 24:1; Tehillim 101:1; Tehillim 110:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ מ׳ לדוד Tehillim 13:1; Tehillim 19:1; Tehillim 20:1; Tehillim 21:1; Tehillim 31:1; Tehillim 41:1; Tehillim 51:1; Tehillim 64:1; Tehillim 140:1; לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ … מ׳ לדוד Tehillim 4:1; Tehillim 5:1; Tehillim 6:1; Tehillim 8:1; Tehillim 9:1; Tehillim 12:1; Tehillim 22:1; Tehillim 39:1; Tehillim 62:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ מ׳ לדוד שׁיר Tehillim 65:1, למנצח לדוד מ׳ Tehillim 40:1; Tehillim 109:1; Tehillim 139:1, למנצח לדוד מ׳ שׁיר Tehillim 68:1; also simply לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ מ׳ שׁיר Tehillim 67:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ שׁיר מ׳ Tehillim 66:1; but also שׁיר מ׳ לבני־קרח Tehillim 48:1, לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח מ׳ שׁיר Tehillim 87:1, שׁיר מ׳ לבני קרח לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ … מַשְׂכִּיל לְהֵימָן הָאֶזְרָחִי Tehillim 88:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ לבני־קרח מ׳ Tehillim 47:1; Tehillim 49:1; Tehillim 85:1, למנצח … לבני־קרח מ׳ Tehillim 84:1; further מ׳ לְאָסָף Tehillim 50:1; Tehillim 73:1; Tehillim 79:1; Tehillim 82:1, שׁיר מ׳ לאסף Tehillim 83:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ … מ׳ לאסף שׁיר Tehillim 75:1; Tehillim 76:1, לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ … לאסף מ׳ Tehillim 77:1; Tehillim 80:1. [Summary:—מ׳ in 34 ψψ with לַמְֿנַצֵּחַ, of wh. 23 have לדוד also, 5 לבני קרח also, 4 לאסף, and 2 no proper name; in addit., in 13 ψψ with לדוד, 2 with לבני קרח, 5 with לאסף; in only 3 without either proper name or title; מ׳ is preceded by שׁיר 5 times, and following by שִׁיר 8 times]

n.[m.] a little, a trifle, a few.

n.[m.] place of sunrise, east—absolute מ׳ Yehoshua 11:3 + 21 times; construct מִזְרַח Bamidbar 21:10 + 19 times, c. ה location מִזְרָ֫חָה Shemos 27:13 + 28 times, construct מִזְרְחָה Devarim 4:41 Yehoshua 12:1 Shoftim 21:19 (not in Gn Lv Sa Ez etc.);—

n.[m.] place of sowing, seedland, only construct כֹּל מִזְרַע יְאוֹר Yeshaya 19:7 (‖ עָרוֹת יְאוֹר); > Duhm who tr. seed (compare מאכל etc.) on direct object of following verb נִדַּף.

noun (masc.) ^{Bamidbar 7:84} bowl, bason (proposes vessel for throwing or tossing a liquid); מ׳ Bamidbar 7:13 + 13 times, plural מִזְרָקִים Zecharia 14:20, construct מִזְרְקֵי Bamidbar 7:84 + 2 times, מִזְרָקוֹת Nechemia 7:69 + 9 times, מִזְרָקֹת Shemos 38:3 + 2 times, with suffix מִזְרְקֹתָיו Shemos 27:3;—

noun (fem.) flat plate, pan, or griddle for baking, only P and late; absolute מ׳ Vayikra 2:5 + 2 times; מַחֲבַ֑ת Vayikra 7:9; construct מַחֲבַת Yechezkel 4:3;—

noun (fem.) a girding, cincture, only construct; תַּחַת פְּתִיגִיל מַחֲגֹרֶת שָׂ֑ק Yeshaya 3:24 instead of a mantle a girding of sackcloth.

noun (masc.) Eicha 5:15 dance;—absolute מ׳ Tehillim 30:12 + 3 times; construct מְחוֹל Yirmiya 31:4; מְחוֹלֵנוּ Eicha 5:15;—dance, token of joyousness Tehillim 30:12 (opposite מספד), Yirmiya 31:4, Yirmiya 31:13 (compare v b), Eicha 5:15 (opposite אֵבֶל); act of praise to י׳ Tehillim 149:3; Tehillim 150:4; accompanied by timbrel (תֹּף) and sometimes other instruments Tehillim 149:3, Tehillim 149:4 Yirmiya 31:13.

noun (fem.) the same;—construct מְחֹלַת Shir HaShirim 7:1; plural מְחֹלֹת Shemos 32:19; מְחֹלוֹת Shemos 15:20 + 5 times; dancing, token of joyousness after victory, Shoftim 11:34 Shmuel Alef 18:6; Shmuel Alef 21:12; Shmuel Alef 29:5; in worship, at feast Shoftim 21:21; act of praise to י׳ Shemos 15:20 (song); in idolatrous worship Shemos 32:19; as graceful and beautiful Shir HaShirim 7:1; accomp. by timbrel Shemos 15:20 Shoftim 11:34, and by singing Shemos 15:20 Shmuel Alef 18:6 (where however read probably Poʿlel participle (בינוני) הַמְּחֹלְלוֹת, compare verb חוּל above; so Septuagint Wellhausen Driver), Shmuel Alef 21:12; Shmuel Alef 29:5.

n.[m.] vision—absolute מ׳ Breishis 15:1; construct מַחֲזֵה Bamidbar 24:4, Bamidbar 24:16 Yechezkel 13:7;—vision, in the ecstatic state מַחֲזֵה שָׁוְא (‖ מִקְסַם כָּזָב) Yechezkel 13:7 of the false prophets; מַחֲזֵה שַׁדַּי Bamidbar 24:4, Bamidbar 24:16 (poems of Balaam); הָיָה דְבַר י׳ אֶל־אַבְרָם בַּמַּחֲזֶה Breishis 15:1 the word of י׳ came unto Abram in a vision.

noun (fem.) light, place of seeing, window, מֶחֱזָה אֶל־מֶחֱזָה light over against light Melachim Alef 7:4^(×2), Melachim Alef 7:5^(×2).

noun (fem.) preservation of life, sustenance, מ׳ Breishis 45:5 + 4 times; construct מִחְיַת Vayikra 13:10, Vayikra 13:24; with suffix מִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ Shoftim 17:10;—

n.[m.] sickness, disease—with suffix מַחֲלֵהוּ Mishlei 18:14 his sickness (= any sickness of his); of specif. disease, construct מַחֲלֵה מֵעֶ֑יךָ Divrei HaYamim Beis 21:15 (+ בָּחֳלָיִים רַבִּים, מֵהַחֹ֑לִי).

noun (fem.) sickness, disease, מַחֲלָה Shemos 15:26 + 3 times—sickness, disease (in generally) Shemos 23:25; so c. כל, Melachim Alef 8:37 = Divrei HaYamim Beis 6:28 (‖ כל־נֶגַע), Shemos 15:26 (compare אני יהוה רֹפְאֶ֑ךָ ad fin.)

noun (fem.) robe of state (taken off in ordinary life);—only plural absolute מַחֲלָצוֹת Yeshaya 3:22 robes of ladies of Jerusalem; Zecharia 3:4 of high priest.

noun (fem.) division, course (almost wholly Chr.)—מ׳ absolute Divrei HaYamim Alef 27:1, Divrei HaYamim Alef 27:2; construct Divrei HaYamim Alef 27:4; with suffix מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹ Divrei HaYamim Alef 27:2 + 14 times Divrei HaYamim Alef 27; absolute מַחְלְקוֹת Divrei HaYamim Alef 23:6 + 6 times Ch + Shmuel Alef 23:28 (see below); construct the same Divrei HaYamim Alef 26:12 + 5 times Ch + Nechemia 11:36; with suffix מַהְלְקוֹתֵיכֶם Divrei HaYamim Beis 35:4; מַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶם Divrei HaYamim Beis 31:16, Divrei HaYamim Beis 31:17; מַחְלְקוֹתָם Divrei HaYamim Alef 24:1 + 3 times in Ch; מַחְלְקֹתָם Yehoshua 11:23; Yehoshua 12:7; Yehoshua 18:10 Yechezkel 48:29;—

noun (fem.)plural curd-like things = smooth, hypocritical, words, only construct חָֽלְקוּ מ׳ פִּיו Tehillim 55:22 smooth are the butter-words of his mouth (Ewald De Hupfeld), but read probably (פניו) חלק(ו) מֵחֲמָאֹת פיו his mouth (face) is smoother than curds (old versions Ki Gesenius' Thesaurus Olshausen Cheyne Baethgen Wellhausen Duhm [מֵחֶמְאָה]).

noun (fem.) anything leavened, only Shemos 12:19, Shemos 12:20.

noun (masc.) Breishis 33:8 + 16 times and f. Tehillim 27:3; Divrei HaYamim Alef 11:15 (on Breishis 32:9 see Dillmann) encampment, camp—absolute מ׳ Breishis 32:9^(×2) + 126 times (incl. Yechezkel 1:24, del. Co); construct מַחֲנֵה Breishis 32:3 + 56 times; with suffix מַחֲנֵהוּ Bamidbar 1:52 + 5 times; מַחֲנֶיךָ Devarim 23:15; Devarim 29:10, מַחֲנֶךָ Devarim 23:15, מַחֲנֵיכֶם Amos 4:10, מַחֲנֵיהֶם Bamidbar 5:3 Shoftim 8:10 (compare below, and on form of noun c. with suffix vid. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar (ed. Kautzsch) § 93, 3, R 3); plural absolute מַחֲנוֹת Breishis 32:8 + 9 times; construct Divrei HaYamim Alef 9:18 + 2 times, מַחֲנִים Bamidbar 13:19; with suffix (appar. plural n.) מַחֲנֵיהֶם Yehoshua 10:4 + 5 times;—on dual see מ׳ proper name below

proper name (place) (two camps)—E. of Jordan; name from Jacob’s meeting angels according to Breishis 32:3, place on border of Gad Yehoshua 13:26, of Manasseh v Yehoshua 13:30; Levit. city in Gad Yehoshua 21:36 = Divrei HaYamim Alef 6:65; named also Shmuel Beis 2:8 (מַהֲנָ֑יִם), v Shmuel Beis 2:12, Shmuel Beis 2:29 (-נָ֑יִם), Shmuel Beis 19:33; Melachim Alef 2:8 (-נָ֑ים); מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה Shmuel Beis 17:24, Shmuel Beis 17:27 Melachim Alef 4:14; site unknown, see Dillmann Gn; כִּמְחֹלַת הַמַּחֲנָ֑יִם Shir HaShirim 7:1 is put here Ex Hitzig Öt and elsewhere: as at a (the) dance of Mahanaim; dance of a double choir Gi Stickel Revised Version.

n.[m.] strangling, suffocation, as a mode of death, וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי Iyov 7:15 and my soul chooseth strangling (‖ מָוֶת).

noun (masc.) ^{Pr 14:26} refuge, shelter;—absolute מַ׳ Iyov 24:8 + 5 times; מַחֲסֶה Tehillim 46:2 + 2 times; construct מַחְסֵּה Yeshaya 28:17; with suffix מַחְסִּי Tehillim 62:8 + 5 times; מַחֲסִי Tehillim 71:7 Yirmiya 17:17, מַחְסֵּהוּ Tehillim 14:6, מַחְסֵּנוּ Yeshaya 28:15;—shelter:

proper name (masc.) (י׳ is a refuge) ancestor of Baruch and Seraiah Yirmiya 32:12 (Baer מַחֲס׳) Yirmiya 51:59.

noun (masc.) muzzle, אֶשְׁמְרָה־לְפִי מ׳ Tehillim 39:2 let me keep a muzzle to my mouth, to avoid (hasty and) erring speech.

n.[m.] need, thing needed, poverty;—מ׳ absolute Mishlei 11:24 + 6 times; construct Shoftim 18:10; Shoftim 19:19; with suffix מַחְסוֹרְךָ Shoftim 19:20; מַחְסֹרְךָ Mishlei 6:11; מַחְסֹרוֹ Devarim 15:8; plural with suffix מַחְסֹרֶיךָ Mishlei 24:34;—

n.[m.] hewing, always אַבְנֵי מ׳ = hewn stones Melachim Beis 12:13; Melachim Beis 22:6 = Divrei HaYamim Beis 34:11 (in all ‖ עֵצִים).

noun (fem.) half, middle—construct מַחֲצִית Shemos 30:13^(×2) + 8 times; מַחֲצִת Bamidbar 31:30, Bamidbar 31:47; with suffix מַחֲצִיתוֹ Shemos 30:23, מַחֲצִיתָהּ Vayikra 6:13^(×2), מַחֲצִיתָם Bamidbar 31:29—

noun (fem.) thought, device (chiefly poet. and late)—absolute מ׳ Yirmiya 18:11; Yirmiya 49:30; מַחֲשֶׁ֫בֶת Yechezkel 38:10; מַחֲשָׁ֑בֶת Shemos 35:33 Divrei HaYamim Beis 2:13; construct מַחֲשֶׁ֫בֶת Esther 8:5 Divrei HaYamim Beis 26:15; with suffix מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ Esther 8:3; Esther 9:25; plural מַחֲשָׁבוֹת Yirmiya 11:19 + 7 times; מַחֲשָׁבֹת Shemos 31:4 + 3 times; construct מַחְשְׁבוֹת Yeshaya 59:7 + 13 times; מַחְשְׁבֹת Breishis 6:5; with suffix מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי Yeshaya 55:8 etc. + 19 times sfs.;—

noun (masc.) dark place (poet.)—absolute מ׳ Yeshaya 29:15; Yeshaya 42:16; מַחְשָׁ֑ךְ Tehillim 88:19; plural מַחֲשַׁכִּים Tehillim 88:7; Tehillim 143:3 = Eicha 3:6; construct מַחֲשַׁכֵּי Tehillim 74:20;—dark place:

proper name (masc.) (perhaps from מַחֲתֶה thing seized)—Levites:

noun (fem.) terror, destruction, ruin, poet. (especially Pr)—absolute מ׳ Mishlei 10:14 + 8 times; construct מְחִתַּת Mishlei 10:15; Mishlei 14:28;—

n.[m.] slaughtering-place (Phoenician מטבח the same CIS^i.175), Yeshaya 14:21, for Babylonians (under implicit figuratively of animals).

n.[m.] that which is spun, yarn, Shemos 35:25.

noun (masc.) hidden treasure, treasure;—absolute מַטְמוֹן Breishis 43:23; plural מַטְמֹנִים Yirmiya 41:8 Mishlei 2:4; מַטְמוֹנִים Iyov 3:21; construct מַטְמֻנֵי Yeshaya 45:3; (hidden) treasure Breishis 43:23 (of money in sacks); מַטְמֻנֵי מִסְתָּרים Yeshaya 45:3 (that is treasures now hidden in secret places, shall become spoil of Cyrus; ‖ אוצרות חשׁך), Yirmiya 41:8, appos. חִטִּים שְׂעֹרִים שֶׁמֶן דבשׁ; in compar. Iyov 3:21 (longing for death more than for treasure), Mishlei 2:4 (wisdom sought for like treasure).

noun (masc.) only plural tasty or savoury food, dainties—מַטְעַמִּים Breishis 27:4, Breishis 27:7, Breishis 27:9, Breishis 27:14, Breishis 27:17, Breishis 27:31 (all J); with suffix מַטְעַמּוֹתָיו Mishlei 23:3; מַטְעַמֹּתָיו v Mishlei 23:6.

proper namef. mother-in-law of Hadar (Hadad) Breishis 36:39 Septuagint Ματρ(α)ε(ι)θ Septuagint here, not in Ch, makes מ׳ son of Mezahab, that is proper name (masc.)) = Divrei HaYamim Alef 1:50, Septuagint Ματραδ, Ματρηθ.

proper name (masc.) one who (with אֶלְדָּד) prophesied in the camp of Isr. Bamidbar 11:26, Bamidbar 11:27, Septuagint Μωδαδ.

noun (masc.) kinsman, מידע לְ Rus 2:1 Kesiv, but Keri מוֹדַע a kinsman of her husband; figuratively מֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא Mishlei 7:4 a kinsman shalt thou call understanding (‖ אֱמֹר לְחָכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָ֑תְּ).

noun (masc.) ^{Divrei HaYamim Beis 1:12} knowledge, thought (late); מַדָּע Divrei HaYamim Beis 1:10 + 4 times; מַדָּֽעֲךָ Koheles 10:20;—

and (Yechezkel 18, Yechezkel 19) מַדֻּעַ adverb wherefore? (probably contr. from מַה־יָּדוּעַ what being known? that is from what motive? so Gesenius Ewald's Hebrew Grammar § 325 c Olshausen's Hebrew Grammar § 222 f, compare in Gk. τί μαθών;)—wherefore? on what account? Breishis 26:27 מַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלָ֑י, Breishis 40:7 Shemos 1:18; Shemos 2:18; Shemos 3:3 (in an indirect question), Shemos 5:14; Shemos 18:14 Vayikra 10:17 Yehoshua 17:14 (all in Hexateuch), Shoftim 5:28^(×28) Shmuel Beis 3:7; Shmuel Beis 11:10 etc., Yeshaya 5:4; Yeshaya 50:2; Yeshaya 63:2 (all in Is.); in Jer. 16 times, often rhetorically, after a double question introduced by הֲ … אִם, expressing affected surprise: †Yirmiya 2:14 (see Graf) is Israel a slave (unable to defend himself)? wherefore, then, is he become a prey? (some other cause must therefore be found for Israel’s misfortune), v Yirmiya 2:31; Yirmiya 8:5, Yirmiya 8:19, Yirmiya 8:22; Yirmiya 14:19; Yirmiya 22:28; Yirmiya 49:1, compare Yirmiya 30:6; Iyov 3:12; Iyov 18:3 (never in ψ).

n.[m.] the best, only construct מֵיטַב and as superl.; the best of a thing: מ׳ שָׂדֵהוּ וּמ׳ כַּרְמוֹ Shemos 22:4 the best of his field and the best of his vineyard (choicest fruit); מ׳ הַצֹּאן the best of the sheep Shmuel Alef 15:9, Shmuel Alef 15:15; בְּמ׳ הָאָרֶץ in the best of the land Breishis 47:6, Breishis 47:11.

noun (fem.) kindred, birth, offspring;—מ׳ construct Vayikra 18:9, Vayikra 18:11; with suffix מוֹלַדְתִּי Breishis 24:4 + 3 times, etc.; plural with suffix מוֹלְדוֹתַיִךְ Yechezkel 16:4; מֹלְדֹתַיִךְ v Yechezkel 16:3;—

proper name (masc.) a Judahite Divrei HaYamim Alef 2:29.

noun (masc.) Yeshaya 23:16 foundation, foundation-laying;—מוּסָד Yeshaya 28:16 (see יסד Hoph.); עַד־הַיּוֹם מוּסַד בית י׳ Divrei HaYamim Beis 8:16 until the day (of) the foundation-laying of the house of י׳.

noun (fem.) foundation, appointment מַטֵּה מוּסָדָה Yeshaya 30:32 rod of appointment (compare Chavakuk 1:12 יָסַד), appointed rod (of punishment); plural construct מוּסְדוֹת Yechezkel 41:8 Keri, must mean foundations (si vera l.); Kesiv perhaps intends Pu. participle (בינוני) מְיֻסָּדוֹת founded, furnished with foundations (conject. emendation by Co).

noun (masc.) Mishlei 15:10 discipline (of the moral nature), chastening, correction;—מ׳ Yirmiya 2:30 + 31 times (Yechezkel 5:15 del. Co); construct מוּסַר Devarim 11:2 + 14 times (for Iyov 12:18 see אסר); with suffix מוּסָרִי Mishlei 8:10; מוּסָֽרְךָ Yeshaya 26:16; מֹסָרָם Iyov 33:16 (for מֻסָרָם Dillmann);—

noun (masc.) Tehillim 102:14 appointed time, place, meeting; מ׳ Shemos 9:5 + 183 times; מֹעֵד Devarim 31:10; מוֹעֲדוֹ Bamidbar 9:2 + 2 times; מֹעֲדוֹ Eicha 2:6 + 3 times + 5 times sfs.; plural מוֹעְדִים Daniel 12:7 + 6 times; מֹעֲדִים Zecharia 8:19 Divrei HaYamim Alef 23:31; מוֹעֲדוֹת Divrei HaYamim Beis 8:13; construct מוֹעֲדֵי Vayikra 23:2 + 6 times; מֹעֲדֵי Vayikra 23:44; sfs. מוֹעֲדַי Yechezkel 44:24; מֹעֲדֵיכֶם Bamidbar 15:3 + 6 times sfs;—

noun (masc.) ^{Hoshea 6:3} place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring;—absolute מ׳ Iyov 28:1 Tehillim 75:7; construct מ׳ Bamidbar 30:13 + 9 times; מֹצָא Iyov 38:27; Daniel 9:25; with suffix מוֹצָאֲךָ Shmuel Beis 3:25; מֹצָאוֹ Hoshea 6:3; מוֹצָאוֹ Tehillim 19:7; plural construct מוֹצָאֵי Yeshaya 41:18 + 5 times; with suffix מוֹצָאָיו Yechezkel 43:11; מוֹצָאֵיהֶם Bamidbar 33:2^(×2); מוֹצָאֵיהֶן Yechezkel 42:11;—

noun (masc.) a casting; מ׳ אֶחָד Melachim Alef 7:37 (of metal); of dust compacted into clod בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק Iyov 38:38.—ii. מוצק see under צוק.

n.[m.] a burning mass;—absolute עַצְמוֹתַי כְּמוֹקֵד נִחָ֑רוּ Tehillim 102:4 my bones are scorched through like a burning mass; plural construct, figuratively of י׳’s judgment, מוֹקְדֵי עוֹלָם Yeshaya 33:14 (‖ אֵשׁ אוֹכֵלָ֔ה).

noun (fem.) hearth (= place of burning), only of 3, the plate or top of altar, on which burnt-offering was laid and consumed, הִוא הָעוֹלָה עַל מ׳ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Vayikra 6:2 (followed by וְאֵשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּוּקַד בּוֹ).

noun (masc.) ^{Mishlei 12:13} proposes a bait or lure in a fowler’s net; then figuratively snare—absolute מוֹקֵשׁ Shemos 10:7 + 15 times; construct Mishlei 18:7; Mishlei 20:25; plural מוֹקְשִׁים Tehillim 64:6 Iyov 40:24; מֹקְשִׁים Tehillim 140:6; construct מוֹקְשֵי Tehillim 18:6 + 3 times; מֹקְשֵׁי Shmuel Beis 22:6; f. מֹקְשׁוֹת Tehillim 141:9; bait or lure, in a net for birds Amos 3:5; will not pierce nostril of hippopotamus Iyov 40:24; elsewhere figuratively of what allures and entraps any one to disaster or ruin; Moses a snare to Egyptians Shemos 10:7; מוֹקְשֵׁי עָם Iyov 34:30, of men who are the ruin of their people; idols and idol-worship a pernicious lure to Israel Shemos 23:33, Devarim 7:16 Shoftim 2:3; Shoftim 8:27 Tehillim 106:36; so alliances with Canaanites Shemos 34:12, Yehoshua 23:13; Michal, to David Shmuel Alef 18:21; of י׳ as cause of ruin to evildoers Yeshaya 8:14; of plots of wicked Tehillim 64:6; Tehillim 140:6 (verb שִׁית; ‖ פַּח, חֲבָלִים, רֶשֶׁת), Tehillim 141:9 (‖ פַּח); a lure or snare for wicked in their transgressions Mishlei 29:6 Tehillim 69:23 (‖ פַּח); consisting in transgressions of lips Mishlei 12:13, compare Mishlei 18:7; Mishlei 20:25; in wrathfulness Mishlei 22:25; in fear of man Mishlei 29:25; מ׳ מָוֶת Tehillim 18:6 = Shmuel Beis 22:6 (‖ חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֹל), Mishlei 13:14; Mishlei 14:27.

noun (masc.) ^{Devarim 4:34} fear, מ׳ Malachi 2:5 + 3 times; מֹרָא Devarim 26:8; sfs. מוֹרָאִי Malachi 1:6; מוֹרָאוֹ Yeshaya 8:12; מוֹרַאֲכֶם v Yeshaya 8:13 + 2 times; plural מוֹרָאִים Devarim 4:34;—

n.[m.] שִׁיתָה מוֹרָה לָהֶם Tehillim 9:21, probably appoint (Hoshea 6:11) terror (that is some awe-inspiring exhibition of power) for them Gesenius' Thesaurus Siegfried-Stade Revised Version Ewald De Hu Pe Cheyne after Mas Targum Aq Jer (מוֹרָה a variation of or probably error for מוֹרָא); poss. set them a teacher, master Baethgen after Septuagint Vulgate Peshitta מוֹרֶה, νομοθέτην; neither altogether satisfactory.

n.[m.] descent, slope; absolute מו׳ Micha 1:4 + 2 times; construct מוֹרַד Yehoshua 10:11 Yirmiya 48:5;—

noun (masc.) Tehillim 84:7 (early) rain (compare יוֹרֶה);—Yoel 2:23 (‖ גֶּשֶׁם, מַלְקוֹשׁ) v Yoel 2:23 (del. Wellhausen), Tehillim 84:7.

noun (masc.) Yeshaya 30, Yeshaya 20 teacher;—absolute in אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה Breishis 12:6 = אֵלוֹנֵי מֹרֶה Devarim 11:30 (Sam Septuagint אֵלוֹן), the teacher’s terebinth (see אֵלוֹן) near Shechem; compare גִּבְעַת הַמּוֹרֶה Shoftim 7:1 teacher’s hill near the plain of Jezreel, probably Little Hermon, Nebî Davidsonḥî Bd^{Pal. 244}; the terebinth being a holy tree from which divine teaching was given, and the hill of the teacher the seat of a holy place whence divine teaching was given; see also (of God) Iyov 36:22; here belong probably likewise מוֹרָ֑י Mishlei 5:13, and מוֹרֶיךָ Yeshaya 30:20^(×2).

noun (fem.) a possession;—מ׳ Shemos 6:8 + 8 times;—of land Devarim 33:4 (poem), Shemos 6:8, Yechezkel 11:15; Yechezkel 25:10; Yechezkel 33:24; Yechezkel 36:2, Yechezkel 36:5; of people Yechezkel 25:4; Yechezkel 36:3.

noun (masc.) ^{Melachim Beis 2:19} seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers;—absolute מ׳ Tehillim 107:4 + 4 times; construct מוֹשַׁב Shemos 12:40 + 9 times; with suffix מוֹשָׁבִי Iyov 29:7 etc.; plural construct מוֹשְׁבֵי Yechezkel 34:13; with suffix 2nd masculine plural מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם etc. Shemos 12:20 + 11 times; with suffix 3rd masculine plural מוֹשְׁבֹתָם etc. Shemos 10:23 + 5 times; מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיהֶם Yechezkel 37:23, but read מְשׁוּב׳ their apostasies Septuagint commentaries, see VB; מוֹשְׁבוֹתֵיהֶם Yechezkel 6:14;—

proper name (masc.) (deliverance)—son of Caleb Divrei HaYamim Alef 2:42, Septuagint Μαρεισα, PeshittaL Μουσα.

noun (masc.) ^{Yirmiya 48:8} level place, uprightness;—מ׳ Tehillim 27:11 + 9 times; מִישֹׁר Zecharia 4:7 (see Baer) + 12 times;—

noun (masc.) ^{Mishlei 14:23} abundance, pre-eminence;—

noun (masc.) ^{Tehillim 32:10} pain;—מ׳ absolute Koheles 1:18 + 2 times; construct Tehillim 69:27; with suffix מַכְאוֹבִי (מַכְאֹבִי) Tehillim 38:18 + 3 times, etc.; plural מַכְאוֹבִים Tehillim 32:10 Koheles 2:23; מַכְאֹבוֹת Yeshaya 53:3; with suffix מַכְאֹבָיו Shemos 3:7; מַכְאֹבֵינוּ Yeshaya 53:4;—

(van d. H. מַכְבֵּנָא) proper name (place) Divrei HaYamim Alef 2:49 (represented as having שְׁוָא for father; poss. = foregoing), Septuagint Μαχαβηνα, SeptuagintL Μαχβανα.

proper name (masc.) a hero of David Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:14.

noun (masc.) grating or lattice-work, construct מִכְבַּר;—Shemos 27:4 and thou shalt make for it (the alter of burnt-offering in the tab.) מִכְבָּר מַעֲשֵׂה רֶשֶׁת נְחשֶׁת a grating, (even) a network of bronze, which surrounded the lower half of the altar (v Shemos 27:5): so Shemos 38:4; מִכְבַּר הַנְּחשֶׁת Shemos 35:16; Shemos 38:5, Shemos 38:30; Shemos 39:39.

noun (masc.) Daniel 8, Daniel 11 fixed or established place, foundation (chiefly poet.);—absolute מ׳ Shemos 15:17 + 2 times; construct מְכוֹן Melachim Alef 8:39 + 10 times; with suffix מְכוֹנִי Yeshaya 18:4, מְכוֹנוֹ Ezra 2:68; plural with suffix מְכוֹנֶיהָ Tehillim 104:5;—

noun (masc.) perfection, that is (probably) gorgeous attire, Yechezkel 23:12; Yechezkel 38:4 (of warriors) לְבֻשֵׁי מִכְלוֹל.

noun (masc.) completeness, perfection, Tehillim 50:2 מִצִּיּוֹן מִכְלַל יֹ֑פִי out of Zion, the perfection of beauty (compare כָּלִיל 1), hath God shined.

proper name (place) Ezra 2:27 = Nechemia 7:30; = מִכְמָשׂ (see Baer’s notes) Shmuel Alef 13:2 + 6 times 1 S, + 2 times;—city in Benjamin, N. from Geba and Jerusalem Shmuel Alef 13:2, Shmuel Alef 13:5 (E. from Bethaven), v Shmuel Alef 13:11, Shmuel Alef 13:16, Shmuel Alef 13:23; Shmuel Alef 14:5, Shmuel Alef 14:31 Yeshaya 10:28 Nechemia 11:31; אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Ezra 2:27 = Nechemia 7:30. Septuagint Μαχ(ε)μας, etc. (On Mikmās see Robinson^{BR i, 440 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. § 96}).

n.[m.] net, snare, bringing an animal to its fall, כְּתוֹא מ׳ Yeshaya 51:20 like an antelope of (in) a net or snare (compare ii. חֵרֶם p. 357, ii. רֶשֶׁת p. 440).

net, snare (see foregoing)—plural with suffix יִפְּלוּ בְּמַכְמֹרָיו רְשָׁעִים Tehillim 141:10; so Gratz Cheyne Tehillim 140:11 (במכמרות for Masoretic Text בְּמַהֲמֹרוֹת, see p. 243).

noun (fem.) net, fishing-net; singular with suffix מִכְמַרְתּוֹ Chavakuk 1:15 (‖ חַכָּה, and חֵרֶם), v Chavakuk 1:16, both in figuratively of conquering Chaldeans.

noun (fem.) the same; וּפֹרְשֵׂי מ׳ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם Yeshaya 19:8 (‖ מַשְׁלִיכֵי בַיְאוֹר חַכָּה).

noun (masc.) ^{Yechezkel 44:18} only dual (or plural) drawers (connex. with above √ כנס obscure; Dillmann der. from כנס = גנז cover up, hide (compare Duhm Yeshaya 28:20), which Gesenius' Thesaurus also comp.)—only construct מִכְנְסֵי;—a priestly garment of linen מִכְנְסֵי פִשְׁתִּים Yechezkel 44:18; מִכְנְסֵי (הַ)בָּד Shemos 28:42; Shemos 39:28 Vayikra 6:3; Vayikra 16:4 (all P).

n.[m.] covering;—מ׳ Shemos 26:14; Shemos 36:19; construct מִכְסֵה Breishis 8:13 + 10 times; with suffix מִכְסֵהוּ Shemos 35:11 + 2 times;—

noun (masc.) computation, proportion to be paid, tax (Palmyrene מכסא Reckendorf^{ZMG 1885, 379 ff.}; Mishnaic Hebrew מֶכֶס, Aramaic מִכְסָא, ܡܰܟܣܳܐ tax (hence Arabic مَكْسٌ as loan-word Frä²⁸³); Assyrian miksu, Delitzsch^{HWB 407} (√ מכס); Mishnaic Hebrew מוֹכֵס tax-collector; so Assyrian makkasu, compare Arabic مَكَّاسٌ )—Bamidbar 31:28 וַהֲרֵמֹתָ֫ מ׳ לי׳ and thou shalt separate a tax (duty levied on the spoil) for י׳, v Bamidbar 31:37, Bamidbar 31:38, Bamidbar 31:39, Bamidbar 31:40, Bamidbar 31:41 (all P).

noun (masc.) ^{Yirmiya 6:21} a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block;—מ׳ absolute Yeshaya 8:14 + 3 times, מִכְשֹׁל Vayikra 19:14; construct מִכְשׁוֹל Shmuel Alef 25:31 + 6 times Ez; plural מִכְשֹׁלִים Yirmiya 6:21 + Yechezkel 21:20 Masoretic Text (Co and elsewhere מֻכְשָׁלִים, see below);—

noun (masc.) Divrei HaYamim Beis 21:12 writing;—absolute מ׳ Devarim 10:4 + 5 times; construct מִכְתַּב Shemos 32:16 + 2 times;—

n.[m.] Mikhtām, a term. techn. in ψ-titles, meaning unknown (Septuagint στηλογραφία: compare Baethgen Ps. p. xiii f.); always c. לְדָוִד:—מ׳ לְדָוִד Tehillim 16:1; Tehillim 60:1; לְדָוִד מ׳ Tehillim 56:1; Tehillim 57:1; Tehillim 58:1; Tehillim 59:1.

noun (masc.) messenger;—מ׳ Shemos 23:20 + 48 times; construct מַלְאַךְ Breishis 16:7 + 69 times; sfs. מַלְאָכִי Shemos 23:23 + 3 times; מַלְאָכוֹ Breishis 24:7, Breishis 24:40; plural מַלְאָכִים Breishis 32:4 + 63 times + מלאכים Shmuel Beis 11:1 Kesiv (< Qr מלכים); construct מַלְאֲכֵי Breishis 28:12 + 11 times; מַלְאָכֶיךָ Bamidbar 24:12, Melachim Beis 19:23; מַלְאָכֵכֵה Nachum 2:14 error for מַלְאָכֵכִי = מַלְאָכַיְכִי Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar (ed. Kautzsch) § 91, (2), Anm. 2 or < for מַלְאָכֵךְ by dittogr. from following הוֹי Konig ^{ii. 1.S 571}). מַלְאָכָיו Divrei HaYamim Beis 36:15 + 8 times;—

noun (fem.) occupation, work (for מַלְאָכָה; compare Phoenician מלאכת labour)—מ׳ Shemos 12:16 + 102 times; מְלָ֑אכֶת Divrei HaYamim Beis 13:10; construct מְלֶאכֶת Shemos 35:24 + 42 times; with suffix מְלַאכְתְּךָ Yonah 1:8; מְלַאכְתֶּ֑ךָ Shemos 20:9 + 2 times; מְלַאכְתּוֹ Breishis 2:2 + 13 times; plural construct מַלְאֲכוֹת Divrei HaYamim Alef 28:19; with suffix מַלְאֲכוֹתֶיךָ Tehillim 73:28;—

appar. proper name (masc.) Malachi, Malachi 1:1, but in fact not historical name of author, nor pseudonym for Ezra; probably a conjecture based on Malachi 3:1; so many moderns; see Driver ^Intr.

[מַלְבֻּשׁ] noun (masc.) ^{Tzefania 1:8} raiment, attire;—absolute Melachim Beis 10:22 + 2 times; with suffix מַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ Yechezkel 16:3; plural with suffix מַלְבּוּשַׁי Yeshaya 63:3; מַלְבּוּשֵׁיהֶם Divrei HaYamim Beis 9:4^(×2), מַלְבֻּשֵׁיהֶם Melachim Alef 10:5;—raiment, Melachim Beis 10:22 (for worshippers, ‖ לְבוּשׁ), Iyov 27:16 (as wealth); of Jerus. under figuratively of infant Yechezkel 16:13; מַל׳ נָכְרִי Tzefania 1:8 foreign attire (direct object with לָבַשׁ); plural of garments of Sol.’s servants Melachim Alef 10:5 = Divrei HaYamim Beis 9:4 a, + Divrei HaYamim Beis 9 Divrei HaYamim Beis 4 b; of י׳ under figuratively of warrior Yeshaya 63:3.

noun (masc.) lodging-place, inn, khan;—absolute מ׳ Breishis 42:27 + 5 times; construct מְלוֹן Melachim Beis 19:23; Yirmiya 9:1;—lodging-place, inn, khal (?) Breishis 42:27; Breishis 43:21; Shemos 4:24; מְ׳ אֹרְחִים Yirmiya 9:1; = camp (of Isr.) for a night, Yehoshua 4:3 (+ לין), v Yehoshua 4:8; of Assyrians Yeshaya 10:29; figuratively מְלוֹן קִצֹּה֯ Melachim Beis 19:23, that is its (Lebanon’s) remotest camping-ground, hyperb. of Assyrian conquest; so read probably in ‖ Yeshaya 37:24 for Masoretic Text מְרוֹם ק׳, compare Dillmann Duhm Kittel Cheyne^Haupt..

noun (fem.) battle, war;—absolute מ׳ Breishis 14:2, Breishis 14:8 Shemos 1:10 +; construct מִלְחֶ֫מֶת Shmuel Alef 13:22 (מ׳ מִכְמָשׁ Septuagint Th Wellhausen Budde H.P. Smith Ewald's Hebrew Grammar § 188 c Konig^{ii 182} > absolute Gesenius' Thesaurus and elsewhere); with suffix מִלְחַמְתִּי Divrei HaYamim Beis 35:21; מִלְחַמְתְּךָ Shmuel Beis 11:25; מִלְחַמְתֶּ֑ךָ Yeshaya 41:12, etc.; plural מִלְחָמוֹת Yeshaya 42:13 + 7 times Ch ψψ; construct מִלְחֲמוֹת Shoftim 3:1 +, etc.;—battle, Breishis 14:8 Shmuel Alef 17:1, Shmuel Alef 17:2, Shmuel Alef 17:8; Shmuel Alef 31:3 Melachim Alef 20:14, Melachim Alef 20:18, Melachim Alef 20:29, Melachim Alef 20:39 + often; war, Breishis 14:2 Shemos 1:10 Devarim 20:12 Yehoshua 11:23; Yehoshua 14:15 Shmuel Beis 3:1 (וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה אֲרֻכָּה) +; מִלְחֲמוֹת כְּנָ֑עַן Shoftim 3:1; סֵפֶר מִלְחֲמֹת י׳ Bamidbar 21:14; direct object cogn. c. נלחם †Shmuel Alef 8:20 Divrei HaYamim Beis 32:8 and (מִלְחֲמוֹת י׳) Shmuel Alef 18:17; Shmuel Alef 25:28†; = art of war, למד מ׳ Yeshaya 2:4 learn war = Micha 4:3; למּד מ׳ Shoftim 3:2 teach war, fighting; מְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַמּ׳ Shmuel Beis 22:35 = Tehillim 18:35, compare Tehillim 144:1; לְמוּדֵי מ׳ Divrei HaYamim Alef 5:18, מְלֻמְּדֵי מ׳ Shir HaShirim 3:8 instructed in war; once = battlefield וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד הַמּ׳ Shmuel Alef 14:20 (so Kittel^KauAT). The most freq. phrases are: †אִישׁ מ׳ Yeshaya 3:2 Shmuel Alef 16:18; Shmuel Alef 17:33 Shmuel Beis 17:8 Yechezkel 39:20 Yehoshua 17:1, also (coll.) Shoftim 20:17, of י׳ Shemos 15:3 (poem); אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ׳ Yehoshua 6:3; Yehoshua 10:24 (both ), Devarim 2:14, Devarim 2:16 Yehoshua 5:4, Yehoshua 5:6 (all D), Yirmiya 38:4; Yirmiya 39:4; Yirmiya 41:3, Yirmiya 41:16; Yirmiya 49:26; Yirmiya 51:32; Yirmiya 52:7, Yirmiya 52:25, also Melachim Alef 9:22 Melachim Beis 25:4 Bamidbar 31:28, Bamidbar 31:49, Yoel 4:9; late אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Yoel 2:7 Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:39 (v Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:38 van d. H) Divrei HaYamim Beis 8:9; Divrei HaYamim Beis 17:13; אִישׁ מִלְחָמוֹת Yeshaya 42:13 Divrei HaYamim Alef 28:3; אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחַמְתָּהּ Yirmiya 50:30 her men of war, compare Yeshaya 41:12 Yechezkel 27:10, Yechezkel 27:27; אִישׁ מִלְחֲמוֹת תֹּעִי Shmuel Beis 8:10 a man of battles of Toi, that is his frequent opponent (see Driver), = Divrei HaYamim Alef 18:10; seldom גִּבּוֹר מ׳ Tehillim 24:8 (of י׳), גִּבּוֹרֵי מ׳ Divrei HaYamim Beis 13:3; שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֹת Divrei HaYamim Beis 32:6; עַם הַמּ׳ Yehoshua 8:1, Yehoshua 8:3; Yehoshua 10:7; Yehoshua 11:7, compare Yehoshua 8:11 (all ), compare also Shmuel Alef 13:16 add. Septuagint Wellhausen Driver, compare Klostermann; אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל לַמּ׳ Yirmiya 48:14; צְבָא מ׳ battle-host Yeshaya 13:4, so צ׳ הַמּ׳ Bamidbar 31:14; also גְּדוּדֵי צְבָא מ׳ Divrei HaYamim Alef 7:4, יֹצְאֵי צ׳ לַמּ׳ v Divrei HaYamim Alef 7:11, אַנְשֵׁי צָבָא לַמּ׳ Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:9 (v Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:8 van d. H)†; weapons of war, כְּלֵי (ה)מ׳ Shoftim 18:11, Shoftim 18:17 Yirmiya 21:4; Yirmiya 51:20 Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:34 (v Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:33 van d. H), also figuratively Shmuel Beis 1:27 (‖ גִּבּוֹרִים); כְּלֵי צְבָא מ׳ Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:38 (v Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:37 van d. H.); קֶשֶׁת מ׳ Zecharia 9:10; Zecharia 10:4; כְּלֵי מִלְחַמְתּוֹ his weapons of war Shmuel Alef 8:12 Devarim 1:41, compare Shoftim 18:16 Yechezkel 32:17; דִּבְרֵי הַמּ׳ = the news of the battle Shmuel Beis 11:18, Shmuel Beis 11:19 + v Shmuel Beis 11:22 add. Septuagint The Wellhausen Klostermann Driver Budde. Freq. combin. with vbs. are: עָרַךְ מ׳ draw up battle-line Shoftim 20:22 +, followed by אֵת with = against Breishis 14:8 Shoftim 20:20, followed by עִם Divrei HaYamim Beis 13:3; אסר המּ׳ that is begin the battle Melachim Alef 20:14, compare Divrei HaYamim Beis 13:3; וַתִּקְרַב הַמּ׳ Melachim Alef 20:29 and the battle was joined; עָשָׂה מ׳ make war Mishlei 20:8; Mishlei 24:6 Divrei HaYamim Alef 22:8, followed by אֵת with Breishis 14:2 Yehoshua 11:18, followed by עִם Devarim 20:12, Devarim 20:20 Divrei HaYamim Alef 5:10, Divrei HaYamim Alef 5:19; †יָצָא לַמּ׳ עִם Shoftim 20:14, Shoftim 20:20, Shoftim 20:28, c. עַל Melachim Alef 8:44 Divrei HaYamim Beis 6:34; הָלַךְ לַמּ׳ עִם Melachim Beis 8:28; נגשׁ לַמּ׳ עִם Shoftim 20:23, c. בְּ Shmuel Alef 7:10 Shmuel Beis 10:13, absolute Yirmiya 46:3†; וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ עִם Shmuel Beis 21:18, Shmuel Beis 21:19, c. בֵּין Shmuel Beis 3:1, compare v Shmuel Beis 3:6 +; †קִדַּשׁ מ׳ consecrate war, that is open a campaign (with sacred rites, Cheyne) Micha 3:5 Yirmiya 6:4 (both c. על), Yoel 4:9; compare †וְהַמּ׳ הִדְבִּיקָתְהוּ Shoftim 20:42 and the battle clung to them; וַתַּעֲלֶה הַמּ׳ Shmuel Beis 22:35 and the battle rose (high) = Divrei HaYamim Beis 18:34; וַתִּטּשׁ הַמּ׳ Shmuel Alef 4:2, read וַתֵּט הַמּ׳ (Septuagint Wellhausen Klostermann Budde, compare Driver) and the battle inclined (in favour of one side); נָפוֹצֶת הַמּ׳ Shmuel Beis 18:8 Keri the battle was spread (extended), so read Shmuel Alef 14:24 add. Septuagint The Wellhausen Klostermann Driver; תָּקוּם עָלַי מ׳ Tehillim 27:3 if war rise against me†; הַמּ׳ כָּבֵ֑דָה Shoftim 20:34 the battle was severe, compare וַתִּכְבַּד הַמּ׳ אֶל־שָׁאוּל Shmuel Alef 31:3 = Divrei HaYamim Alef 10:3 (על for אל); so וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ חֲזָקָה Shmuel Alef 14:52, חָזַק מִמֶּנּוּ הַמּ׳ Melachim Beis 3:26; וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ קָשָׁה Shmuel Beis 2:17: compare כֹּבֶד מ׳ Yeshaya 21:15, עֱזוּז מ׳ Yeshaya 42:25.

noun (masc.) ^{Yeshaya 49:25} booty, prey (compare לָקַח 9);—הֲיֻקַּח מִגִּבּוֹר מ׳ Yeshaya 49:24 (‖ שְׁבִי), compare v Yeshaya 49:25 (‖ the same); Bamidbar 31:26 (‖ the same), Bamidbar 31:11 (‖ שָׁלָל), v Bamidbar 31:12 (‖ the same + שְׁבִי, that is here, only, disting. from captives), v Bamidbar 31:32 (‖ יֶתֶר הַבָּ֔ז), v Bamidbar 31:27.

n.[m.] jaw (as taking, seizing food);—dual with suffix וּלְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֹחָ֑י Tehillim 22:16 and my tongue is made to cleave to my jaws, that is my gums.

[מַלְקָחַיִם] n.[m.]dual tongs, snuffers;—

noun (masc.) ^{Yirmiya 3:3} latter-rain, spring-rain (that is showers of March–April; important, as strengthening and maturing crops); מ׳ Hoshea 6:3 + 7 times;—related to גֶּשֶׁם as particular to general, opposite יוֹרֶה (former rain, q.see): Hoshea 6:3 Yirmiya 5:24, so opposite מוֹרֶה Yoel 2:23; particular under מָטָר Devarim 11:14 (opposite יוֹרֶה), Zecharia 10:1 (+ מְטַר־גֶּשֶׁם), Iyov 29:23; ‖ רְבִבִים Yirmiya 3:3; עָב מ׳ Mishlei 16:15 spring-rain-cloud (simile of king’s favour).

(√ of following Assyrian ma’âdu, be many, increase; maʾadu, many; ma’adiš, in abundance, Delitzsch^{HWB, 388 f.}; compare Sabean מאד to add, D.H. Müller^{ZMG 1883, 342 f.} Hom^{Süd-Ar. Chr. 127}; Arabic مَأَدَ begin to grow, of plant).

noun (masc.) muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly (compare Assyrian mu’du, abundance, Hom^{ZMG 1878, 711} (‘treasures ana mu’di, in abundance’) Delitzsch^HWB 399):—

noun (fem.) hundred (Mishnaic Hebrew the same; Mesha Inscription ²⁰ מאתן (dual); SI⁵ מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת, מאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Delitzsch's Assyrian Grammar § 75), TelAm. me-at Winckler^{TelAm. 20}; Arabic مِاىَٔةٌ; Sabean מאת, מאתם Os^{ZMG x. 1856, 49; CIS iv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6}; מאה Eut^{Sin. 457}; Ethiopic ምእት:; Aramaic מְאָה, ܡܳܐܐ; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300 Vog^{Palmyrene 6, 4}; Nabataean מאה Eut^{Nab 8, 9});—מ׳ Breishis 6:3 + 144 times; construct מְאַת Breishis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Koheles 8:12 see 1 d below); plural absolute מֵאוֹת Breishis 5:9 + 324 times (מֵאֹת only Breishis 5:4, Breishis 5:30); המאיות Kesiv Melachim Beis 11:4 + 3 times Melachim Beis 11; dual מָאתַיִם (-תָ֑יִם) Breishis 11:19 + 76 times (but Shmuel Alef 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) SeptuagintSeptuagint Wellhausen Driver Kittel Budde H.P. Smith);—hundred:—

noun (fem.) used as proper name of tower on northern wall of Jerus., מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה Nechemia 3:1; Nechemia 12:39.

see under i. אוה.

noun (masc.) ^{Iyov 31:7} blemish, defect (for מְאוּם, which, although found only late, is (si vera l.) appar.original form, Konig^{ii. 146});—מ׳ absolute:

noun (masc.) ^{Vayikra 21:17} (= foregoing; quiesc. א om.) (Mishnaic Hebrew the same; Aramaic מוּמָא, ܡܽܘܡܳܐ );—absolute מ׳ Vayikra 21:17 + 16 times; with suffix מוּמוֹ Mishlei 9:7; מוּמָם Devarim 32:5;—blemish, defect (chiefly H):

pron.indef. anything (according to Gesenius' Thesaurus from מָה וּמָה, like quidquid, against which is the Mil‘el tone; according to Olshausen^{254, 255, 386} Konig^{ii. 146} an old accus. from מאוּם in sense of speck, particle, compare Fr point: in Assyrian manman (proposes who? who?), assim. mamman, or manma (man, who? + generalizing ma), mamma, is any one, minma (min, what? + ma), mimma, is anything, Delitzsch's Assyrian Grammar § 60,Delitzsch^{HWB 418 f.} W^{SG 125 f.});—anything, usually in negative sentences, as Breishis 22:12 ואל־תעשׂ לו מאומה (euphem. for something bad), Breishis 30:31 לֹא־תִתֶּן־לִי מאומה, Breishis 39:6, Breishis 39:9; Breishis 40:15 (euphem.), Shmuel Alef 12:4, Shmuel Alef 12:5; Shmuel Alef 20:26, Shmuel Alef 20:39; Shmuel Alef 25:7, Shmuel Alef 25:15, Shmuel Alef 25:21; Shmuel Alef 29:3 etc., Shoftim 14:6 ומאומה אין בידו, Koheles 5:14 ומ׳ לא ישׂא בעמלו, Melachim Alef 18:43 אין מ׳ literally nought of anything! Yirmiya 39:12 ואל תעשׂ לו מאומה רָּע; strengthened by כֹּל †Breishis 39:23; Shmuel Beis 3:35; after אִם = surely not, Shmuel Beis 3:35; in interrog. sentence Bamidbar 22:38; in affirm. sentence Devarim 24:10 כִּי־תַשֶּׁה בֳרֵעֲךָ מַשַּׁאת מ׳ a pledge of (= consisting in) anything, Shmuel Beis 13:2 (euphem.), Melachim Beis 5:20 (var. מוּמָח). Adverbially, Shmuel Alef 21:3 אישׁ אל ידע מ׳ את הדבר let no one know of the matter in anything at all.

[מְאוּרָה] see אור.

see אכל.

see אָמַר.

verb Pi. refuse (Qal perhaps be distasteful, compare Syriac ܡܶܐܢ taeduit, piguit, Aph. be slothful; Mishnaic Hebrew Pi., as term. techn. of girl, refuse to acknowledge marriage contract; poss. akin to Ethiopic መነነ reject; Arabic مَأَنَ is sustain, maintain);—

adjectiveverb. refusing, followed by infinitive (מקור), and always of disobeying י׳; Shemos 7:27; Shemos 9:2; Shemos 10:4 (all J), Yirmiya 38:21.

verb reject (Mishnaic Hebrew the same; Aramaic מְאַס reject, despise; BA^{ES 15} comp. (doubtful) Arabic مَعَسَ lightly esteem (Ḳam.; Assyrian ma’âsu is perhaps destroy Meissn^{Suppl. 55});—

see אפה.

see אפל.

see בוא.

noun (masc.) ^{Breishis 7:6} flood in time of Noah (Mishnaic Hebrew the same; Jew.-Aramaic; מַבּוּלָא; Syriac ܡܳܡܽܘܠܴܐ; der. doubtful; Gesenius' Thesaurus and elsewhere √ יבל, but improb., see Delitzsch^{Prol. 122 f.}; poss. old Assyrian (Babylonian) loan-word (yet form unkn. in Assyrian), or from √ נבל = Assyrian nabâlu, destroy Delitzsch^{HWB443 f.}; compare Delitzsch^{Par. 156}; ^{Prol. 122} Cheyne ^{ψ 29, 10 crit. n., Hbr. iii. 3, 175 f.}, O. Whitehouse^{Cuneiform Inscriptions & the Old Testament ii. 293});—מ׳ only Gn and Tehillim 29:10; always absolute and always c. art. except Breishis 9:11, Breishis 9:15;—וַיְהִי הַמּ׳ Breishis 7:17; לֹא יִהְיֶה עוֹד מ׳ Breishis 9:11; following by מַיִם as appos. Breishis 6:17; Breishis 7:6; מֵי הַמּ׳ Breishis 7:7, Breishis 7:10; Breishis 9:11; לֹא־יִהְיֶה עוֹד הַמַּיִם לְמ׳ Breishis 9:15; as epoch, in phr. אַחַר הַמּ׳ Breishis 9:28; Breishis 10:1, Breishis 10:32; Breishis 11:10 (del. as gloss Budde Dillmann); י׳ לַמּ׳ יָשָׁ֑ב Tehillim 29:10 י׳ at the flood sat enthroned (so most; Cheyne ^{see crit. n.} ‘at the storm’ (destruction = destructive storm Id^Hbrl.c.), but הַמּ׳ seems in all the other passages to be almost = proper name of the flood; compare also מֵי נֹחַ Yeshaya 54:9^(×2)).

i, ii. מִבְחָר see בחר.

see בטא.

see בטח.

see סִבְּכַי.

see בצר.

proper name (masc.) Edomite chief Breishis 36:42 = Divrei HaYamim Alef 1:53; A Septuagint L Μαζαρ, A (in Ch) Μαβσαρ;—on proper name (place) Mabsar (Onom.^{277, 63; 137, 11}) compare Buhl^{Edom. 38}).

see בשׂם.

see גבשׁ.

see גבל.

see גבע.

proper name (masc.) a chief of Edom, Breishis 36:43 = Divrei HaYamim Alef 1:54; Septuagint (Vaticanus) Μεδιηλ (Ch), Septuagint (Alexandrinus) Μετοδιηλ (Gn), Μαγεδιηλ (Ch, compare SeptuagintL)—(compare Sabean מגדעל Derenb^{Études i. 65}, Palmyrene מגד֗ת (? מגרת) Cook^{AramaicGloss. 70}).