BDB (original) — מ (991)

n.f. (book-) roll (𝔗 BH);—Ezra 6:2.

n. f. (judicial) district, province (K^{§ 60, 3) d)}; also BH);—emph. מְדִינְתָּא (M-A^{§ 72 c}) Ezra 5:8; Ezra 6:2; cstr. מְדִינַת Daniel 2:48, Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:1, Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:30; Ezra 7:16; pl. abs. מְדִנָן Ezra 4:15, emph. מְדִינָתָא Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:3.

n.m. angel (𝔗 Syriac);—sf. מַלְאֲכֵהּ Daniel 3:28; Daniel 6:23.

v. מָה.

n.f. hundred (v. BH);—abs. מ׳ after noun enum., Ezra 6:17; Ezra 7:22^(×4), so אַרְבַּע מ׳ Ezra 6:17, מ׳ וְעֶשְׂרִין Daniel 6:2, and du. מָאתַ֫יִן Ezra 6:17.

v. גלל.

v. מִנ׳.

v. דור.

n.pr. gent. et terr. Medes, Media (BH id.);—

(מָא †Ezra 6:8) pron. interr. and indef. what? (BH מָה; Nab. מה; Zinj. מ; 𝔗 מא; Syriac ܡܳܐ; Arabic مَا: cf. W^{CG 124 f.});—

vb. smite (v. BH II. מָחָה);—

vb. reach, attain (𝔗 id., Syriac ܡܛܳܐ, cf. Chr-Pal. Schulth^{Lex. 108}; Ethiopic መጠወ Arabic أَنْطَى (for أَمْطَى) Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 736}; distinct from BH מָצָא, etc., q.v.);—

n.pr.m. (= BH id., 2, sub מִי);—Daniel 2:17.

n.pr.m. (BH id.);—Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12 + 11 times 3.

v. לאך.

v. מלל.

n.m. salt (v. BH);—מ׳ abs. Ezra 6:9; Ezra 7:22 (both for sacrifices), cstr. Ezra 4:14.

vb. denom. c. acc. cogn., eat salt;—

n.m. king (general Sem.; v. BH);—מ׳ abs. Daniel 2:10 + 2 times; cstr. Daniel 4:34 + 6 times; usually emph. מַלְכָּא Ezra 4:8 + 154 times, ה—ָ Daniel 2:11; pl. 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 [cf. Cooke^{71, 3}, of Xerxes]; מַלְכִין Daniel 7:17 = kingdoms, cf. מַלְכוּ v Ezra 4:23).

n.f. queen;—emph. מַלְכְּתָא Daniel 5:10^(×2).

n.f. royalty, reign, kingdom;—abs. מ׳ Daniel 2:39 +; cstr. מַלְכוּת Ezra 4:24 +; emph. -תָא Daniel 2:37 +, -תָה Daniel 2:44; sf. -תִי Daniel 4:15 +, -תֵהּ Daniel 3:33 +, -תָךְ Daniel 4:23 +; pl. cstr. מַלְכְוָת Daniel 7:27; emph. -וָתָא Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:23;—

n.f. word, thing;—abs. מ׳ Daniel 2:9 +, cstr. מִלַּת v Daniel 2:10 +; emph. מִלְּתָה v Daniel 2:5, א—ָ v Daniel 2:8 +; pl. abs. מִלִּין Daniel 7:1, Daniel 7:25, cstr. מִלֵּי Daniel 5:10, emph. מִלַּיָּא Daniel 7:11, Daniel 7:16;—

(so Gi, with most MSS., supported by Syriac ܡܰܢ, Arabic مِنْ; v. K^{§ 22, 1}), מָן (Baer: v. on Daniel 3:6), interr. pron. who? (Old Aramaic Nab. Palm. מן (Lzb³¹² Cooke¹⁸⁸), 𝔗 מן, Syriac ܡܰܢ, Ethiopic መኑ Arabic مَنْ: W^{CG 123}: BH מִי);—

prep. from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than (BH and general Aramaic id.);—rarely assimilated, as in Heb., v. Daniel 6:5 מִצַּד, Ezra 5:11; Ezra 6:14; sf. מִנִּי, מִנָּךְ, 3 m. מִנֵּהּ, f. מִנַּהּ † Daniel 2:42; Daniel 7:24; 3 mpl. מִנְּהוֹן (so Palm.^{Tariff ii. a 34}; Nab. Egyptian Aramaic מנהם, Cooke^{No. 89. 6}, S-C^{Pap. A 10}) †Daniel 2:33^(×2), Daniel 2:41^(×2), Daniel 2:42^(×2) Kt (Qr each time f. מִנְּהֵן), Daniel 6:3^(×2);—

v. מנה.

(?) n.f. tribute (Assyrian loan-word, cf. BH ii. [מִדָּה]);—abs. מִנ׳ Ezra 4:13; Ezra 7:24 + Ezra 4:20 Baer (van d. H. Gi Str מִדָּה); cstr. מִדַּת Ezra 6:8.

vb. number, reckon (v. BH);—

n. [m.] maneh, mina, a weight (v. BH; Old Aramaic מנה SAC⁷⁵ Lzb³¹³);—abs. Daniel 5:25^(×2), Daniel 5:26, v. ClGann^{JAs Juillet-Août, 1886, 36 ff.} Nö^{ZA i. 414 f.} Dr al.; its connexion in Dn with מְנָה is due to word-play; v. also פְּרֵס, תְּקֵל.

n.f. gift, offering (BH id., √ מנח);—

n.m. lord (𝔗 מָר, c. מָרֵי; Syriac ܡܳܪܶܐ, e. ܡܳܪܳܐ, ܡܳܪܝܳܐ, Egyptian Aramaic מרא (RÉS^{i. 361}); Chr-Pal. ܡܐܪ, etc., Schulth^{Lex. 115}; Old Aramaic Nab. Palm. מר(א) (Lzb³¹⁶); cf. n.pr. dei מרנא (μαρνα), god of Gaza, SAC⁷⁷; also Arabic مَرْءٌ man, Sab. מרא man, lord Hom^{Chr 127; AA 293} RÉS^{i. 454, 2});—lord: of God, cstr. מ׳ שְׁמַיָּא Daniel 5:23, מָרֵה מַלְכִין Daniel 2:47; of king, sf. מָֽרְאִי Kt (as Nab., SAC^l.c.; K^{§ 58, 1}), Qr מָרִי (as Palm., SAC^l.c.) Daniel 4:16, Daniel 4:21.

n.[m.] oil (v. BH);—abs. Ezra 6:9; Ezra 7:22.

v. שׁתה.

n.[m.] desire pl. cstr. מַאֲוַיֵּי רָשָׁע Tehillim 140:9.

n.m. luminary—abs. Breishis 1:16 +; cstr. מְאוֹר Mishlei 15:30 +; pl. מְאוֹרֹת Breishis 1:15; מְאֹרֹת v Breishis 1:14, Breishis 1:16; cstr. מְאוֹרֵי Yechezkel 32:8—light, light-bearer, luminary, lamp, of sun & moon Breishis 1:14, Breishis 1:15, Breishis 1:16^(×3) (P) 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, cf. 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.

n.m. Shoftim 14:14 (f. Chavakuk 1:16) food—מ׳ Breishis 2:9 + 21 textual; cstr. מַאֲכַל Breishis 40:7 + 3 textual; sf. 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; opp. drink Ezra 3:7 Divrei HaYamim Beis 11:11 Daniel 1:10; מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָה Iyov 33:20; fig. of peoples as fishes, food for Chaldeans Chavakuk 1:16; appl. to fruit Breishis 2:9; Breishis 3:6 (of tree טוֹב לְמ׳) cf. 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 cf. Yechezkel 4:10; appl. to carcasses, as food for beasts & birds of prey Devarim 28:26 Tehillim 79:2 cf. Tehillim 44:12 (צֹאן מ׳, sim. of suffering people) Yirmiya 7:33; Yirmiya 16:4; Yirmiya 19:7; Yirmiya 34:20 Tehillim 74:14.

n.f. fuel cstr., only מַא׳ אֵשׁ Yeshaya 9:4, Yeshaya 9:18.

n.f. food-stuff, consisting in חִטִּים, Melachim Alef 5:25 (on form v. Bö^{§ 415} Sta^{§ 112 a. 2}) so read also ‖ Divrei HaYamim Beis 2:9 (MT מַכּוֹת).

n.m. ^{Esther 9:32} word, command (late; Mish. id.) cstr. מַאֲמַר Esther 1:15; Esther 2:20; Esther 9:32.

n.pr.loc. 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

n.pr.loc. id., Bamidbar 33:30, Bamidbar 33:31.

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

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

n.f. deep darkness ( = מַאֲפֵל יָהּ according to Thes MV cf. Shir HaShirim 8:6 שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה; but Ew^{§ 165 b} & on Yirmiya 2:31 reads מַאְפִּלִיָּה, fem. of [מאפלי], der. from Hiph. Pt.; cf. Sta^{§ 302 b} מַאְפְּלִיָּה; Jäger^{BAS 471} thinks this יָה an enclitic part. of emphasis, & comp. Assyrian)—only אֶרֶץ מ׳ Yirmiya 2:31 fig. of י׳ in dealing with his people (‖ מִדְבָּר).

n.m. ^{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—

n.pr.loc. Meroz, in northern Palestine Shoftim 5:23 (expl. as = מֶאֱ וֹז, مَأْرَز retreat by Thes MV al.)

n.m. ^{Yirmiya 38:14} entrance, a coming in, entering;—מ׳ abs. Yirmiya 38:14 + 3 times + Yechezkel 42:9 Kt (Qr מֵבִיא wrong, cf. Co); cstr. מְבוֹא Devarim 11:30 + 12 times; sf. מְבוֹאוֹ Tehillim 104:19 + 2 times; מְבֹאוֹ Tehillim 50:1; מבואך Shmuel Beis 3:25 Kt (Qr מוֹבָאֶ֑ךָ inexplicable cf. Dr); pl. cstr. מְבוֹאֵי Yechezkel 26:10, מְבוֹאֹת Yechezkel 27:3;—

n.[m.] (f. Yechezkel 24:5) choicest, best, cstr. מִבְחַר Devarim 12:11 + 10 times; sf. 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 (P); 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 𝔊 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 (prob. scribal error in both cases for מִבְחַר).

n.pr.m. (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—cstr. מִבְטַח Mishlei 14:26, מִבְטָח Tehillim 65:6; sf. מִבְטַחִי Iyov 31:24 + 6 times (dag. implicit); מִבְטֶחָם Yirmiya 48:13; מִבְטֶחָהֿ Mishlei 21:22; pl. מִבְטַחִים Yeshaya 32:18; מִבְטָחַיִךְ Yirmiya 2:37;—

n.pr.m. one of David’s heroes Shmuel Beis 23:27 read prob. סִבְּכַי ‖ Divrei HaYamim Alef 11:29 cf. Dr^Sm.

n.m. ^{Yeshaya 17:3} fortification—מִבְצָר Bamidbar 32:17 + 18 times; cstr. מִבְצַר Yehoshua 19:29 + 2 times; pl. מִבְצָרִים Bamidbar 13:19 Daniel 11:24; מִבְצָרוֹת Daniel 11:15; מִבְצְרֵי Eicha 2:2 Daniel 11:39; sf. 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 fig. of prophet, so without עיר Yirmiya 6:27; fortress, stronghold, lit. 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 (‖ id.) 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; sq.n.pr. מ׳ צֹר Shmuel Beis 24:7 (cf. Yehoshua 19:29 עיר מ׳ צֹר).

n.f.pl. the twisted, i.e. cords, Shemos 28:14 cf. Di (appos. שַׁרְשְׁרֹת זָהָב, ‖ שׁ׳ הָעֲבֹתֹת).

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

n.pr.m. Ezra 2:30 בְּנֵי מ׳ 𝔊 Μαγεβως, etc., a family of returning exiles, om. ‖ Nechemia 7:32, but 𝔊 A א Μαγεβως etc., 𝔊L Μαγβεις; cf. Sm^{Listen 15}.

and (Zecharia 12:11) מְגִדּוֹן n.pr.loc. (connexion with above √ not clear; 𝔊 Μαγεδδω, Μεκεδω, Μαγεδω, etc.; 𝔙 Mageddo; Assyrian Magadû, Magidû, COT^Gloss Dl^{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) Rob^{BR ii, 329 f. 364} Bd^{Pal 229}.

n.m. tower, Breishis 11:5 + 11 times; cstr. מִגְדַּל Shoftim 8:17 + 21 times; pl. מִגְדָּלִים Divrei HaYamim Beis 26:9 + 6 times; מִגְדָּלֶיהָ Tehillim 48:13 Yechezkel 26:4; pl.f. מִגְדָּלוֹת Divrei HaYamim Beis 32:5 + 2 times; cstr. מִגְדְּלוֹת Shir HaShirim 5:13 (?); sf. מִגְדְּלֹתַיִךְYechezkel 26:9; Yechezkel 27:11;—

n.m. tower, Shmuel Beis 22:51 Qr (Kt מגדיל = Tehillim 18:51 מַגְדִּל).

n.pr. (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—sf. מְגוּרָם Tehillim 55:16; pl. cstr. מְגוּרֵי Breishis 37:1; sf. 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 pl., אֶרֶץ מ׳ Breishis 17:8; Breishis 28:4; Breishis 36:7; Breishis 37:1 Shemos 6:4 (Hex always P) Yechezkel 20:38; sojourning (pl.) = life-time, שְׁנֵי מ׳ Breishis 47:9 יְמֵי מ׳ Breishis 47:9; cf. בֵּית מ׳ Tehillim 119:54.

n.f.pl. id., Yoel 1:17 (‖ אֹצָרוֹת; but 𝔊 ληνοί, Me גתות).

n.m. fear, terror—abs. מ׳ Tehillim 31:14 + 6 times + Yirmiya 20:3 cf. infr.; pl. sf. 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 n.pr.), v Yirmiya 20:10; Yirmiya 46:5; Yirmiya 49:29 Tehillim 31:14; Eicha 2:22 (מְגוּרַי מִסּ׳).

n.f. roll (writing, book; late)—מ׳ Yirmiya 36:28 + 16 times; cstr. 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.

n.m. ^{Melachim Alef 14:27}, & f. ^{Melachim Alef 10:17}, shield (Arabic مِجَنٌّ, Aramaic מְגִנָּא, ܡܓܶܢܳܐ )—מָגֵן Breishis 15:1 + 33 times (also cstr. Devarim 33:29 Nachum 2:4); sf. מָגִנִּי Tehillim 7:11 + 5 times; מָגִנֵּנוּ Tehillim 33:20 + 3 times; מָגִנָּם Tehillim 115:9, Tehillim 115:10, Tehillim 115:11; pl. מָגִנִּים Melachim Alef 10:17 + 6 times; מָגִנּוֹת Divrei HaYamim Beis 23:9; cstr. מָגִנֵּי Melachim Alef 14:26 + 4 times; sf. 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 cf. Yeshaya 21:5 (anoint the shield, to make it slippery), so also Tehillim 35:2 (where י׳ fig. 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 cf. Shir HaShirim 4:4 Yechezkel 27:10; of scales of crocodile (leviathan) אֲפִיקֵי מָגִנִּים Iyov 41:7; fig. of wicked’s defence against judgments of י׳, עֲבִי גַבֵּי מָגִנָּיו Iyov 15:26; fig. of king Tehillim 89:19 (cf. Che); fig. of rulers of Ephraim Hoshea 4:18; fig. of rulers of earth Tehillim 47:10; fig. (very often) of י׳, as defence of his servants, Tehillim 3:4; Tehillim 7:11 (read מָגִנִּי עָלַי אל׳ cf. Che 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 v. especially Breishis 15:1 (E).

vb. only

n.f. recess, rebatement (RV), i.e. ledge, only pl., נָתַן מִגְרָעוֹת לבית Melachim Alef 6:6.

n.m. ^{Bamidbar 35:2} common, common-land, open land (perhaps orig. pasture-land, as place of [cattle] driving)—abs. מ׳ Yechezkel 45:2 + 2 times + Yechezkel 48:15 (Co מגרשָׁהּ); cstr. מִגְרַשׁ Vayikra 25:34; Divrei HaYamim Beis 31:19; (on מִגְרָשָׁהּ Yechezkel 36:5 cf. גרשׁ); elsewhere pl., abs. מִגְרשׁוֹת Yechezkel 27:28 (Baer); Co מרעשׁת assumed from רָעַשׁ, cf. 𝔊; cstr. מִגְרְשֵׁי Bamidbar 35:4 + 2 times; sf. 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 pl., 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 Vrss. are two vv Yehoshua 21, betw. v Yehoshua 21:35, Yehoshua 21:36, with מ׳ 4 times; om. Mass, Edd., Baer, but cf. Theile, & Di ad loc.); 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 (P), 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, cf. שׁרון.—Yechezkel 27:28 מגרשׁות, if true text, = open country about Tyre (opp. sea, cf. context), but v. Da & cf. supr.

n.m. mouth, as organ of speech,—מִדְבָּרֵךְ נָאוֶה thy mouth is lovely Shir HaShirim 4:3 ‖שִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְ, 𝔊 λαλιά, Jer eloquium.

n.m. wilderness—Devarim 32:10 +; c. ה loc. מִדְבָּ֫רָה Yehoshua 18:12 + 15 times; cstr. Shemos 15:22 +; מִדְבַּ֫רָה Melachim Alef 19:15; sf. מִדְבָּרָהּ Yeshaya 51:3;—

n.m. ^{Devarim 7:15} sickness—cstr. sg. מַדְוֵה מִצְרַיִם Devarim 28:60 (read מַדְוֵי pl., as Devarim 7:15?); cstr. pl. מַדְוֵי מִצְרַיִם Devarim 7:15 (both ‖ חֳלִי).

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

n.m. ^{Mishlei 22:10} strife, contention—Tehillim 80:7 + 9 times; pl. מִדְיָנִים Mishlei 18:18, מִדְ֯וָנִים Mishlei 18:19 + 7 times; contracted into מְדָנִים Mishlei 6:19; Mishlei 10:12, מִדֳ֯נִים Mishlei 6:14; cstr. מִדְיְנֵי Mishlei 19:13.

n.pr.loc. a royal city of the Canaanites Yehoshua 11:1; Yehoshua 12:19; 𝔊 Μαρρν, Μαδων, Λαμορων;= Madîn. close to Hattîn, Survey^{i. 365}, dub.; a village Maron lies 2 hours WSW. from Kedesh, van deVelde^{Mem 146}, cf. Di.

n.pr.m. 1. son of Abraham and Keturah Breishis 25:2 Divrei HaYamim Alef 1:32.

adj.gent. Midianite—Bamidbar 10:29 (J); f. מִדְיָנִית Bamidbar 25:6, Bamidbar 25:14, Bamidbar 25:15 (P); pl. מִדְיָנִים Breishis 37:28 (JE) Bamidbar 25:17; Bamidbar 31:2 (P), מְדָנִים Breishis 37:36 (E).

n.f. province (an Aramaic word, cf. Syriac ܡܕܝܺܢܻܬܳܐ, Arabicمَدِينَةٌ city) cf. also Old Aramaic מדינתא city, Palm. מדיתא city, sf. מדיתהון, pl. מדינתא SAC⁷⁰ Lzb³⁰⁶ Cooke ²⁶⁶. Esther 1:1 + 28 times; pl. מְדִינוֹת Melachim Alef 20:14 + 23 times;—a district of an empire,

n.pr.loc. in Moab Yirmiya 48:2 (on text, however, cf. Che Yeshaya 25:10).

n.f. dung-place, dung-pit, במי מ׳ Yeshaya 25:10 (Qr בְּמוֹ מ׳).

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

n.[m.] study, exposition, midrash, only cstr. מִדְרַשׁ (late; common in NH, 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 prob. of a didactic character, cf. Dr^{Intr. 497}.

n.f. tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture—abs. מ׳ Devarim 7:23 + 7 times; cstr. מְהוּמַת Shmuel Alef 5:11 Yechezkel 22:5; pl. abs. מְהוּמוֹת Divrei HaYamim Beis 15:5, מְהוּמֹת Amos 3:9;—

n.m. ^{Nechemia 2:6} walk, journey, going (late); cstr. מַהֲלַךְ Yechezkel 42:4 + 2 times; sf. מַהֲלָֽכְךָ Nechemia 2:6; pl. מַהְלְכִים Zecharia 3:7;—

n.pr.m. (praise of God, cf. יְהַלֶּלְאֵל supr.); read מְהַלֶּלְאֵל Gray^{Prop. N. 201}.—

מִזְבֵּחַ₄₀₁ n.m. Yehoshua 22:10 altar (Arabic مَذْبَحٌ, place of slaughter, trench made by torrent, Sab. מדֿבח DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 24}); מ׳ abs. Melachim Beis 18:22 + 223 times, הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה Shemos 29:13 + 31 times; cstr. מִזְבַּח Shemos 20:21 + 76 times, sf. מִזְבְּחִי Shemos 20:23 + 7 times, מִזְבַּחֲךָ Melachim Alef 8:31 + 3 times, מִזְבְּחֶ֑ךָ Devarim 33:10; מִזְבְּחוֹ Shoftim 6:31 + 2 times; pl. מִזְבְּחֹת Bamidbar 23:1 + 5 times, מִזְבְּחוֹת Melachim Beis 21:3 + 23 times, sf. מִזְבְּחוֹתֶיךָ Tehillim 84:4, other sfs. 21 times;—

n.m. garner (on format. cf. Ol^{§ 144 b, 197 b})—only Pl. sf. מְזָוֵינוּ מְלֵאִים Tehillim 144:13 our garners are full (word inflected as if מְ were radical; cf. Oll.c.)

n.[m.] wound (as needing to have its matter pressed out)—fig. of injury to, or sufferings of, Isr. and Judah: מָזוֹר Hoshea 5:13 also Yirmiya 30:13 (Gf Che RVm; but accents Ew Ges Gie AV RV for pressing, i.e. binding up); מְזֹרוֹ Hoshea 5:13 (cf. III. זור Yeshaya 1:6).—מָזוֹר Ovadia 1:7 v. sub מזר.

n.m. recorder, v. זָכַר Hiph.

n.f. purpose, discretion, device (Je and WisdLt), מְזִמָּה Iyov 42:2 + 5 times; הַמְּזִמָּ֫תָה Yirmiya 11:15 (but read for המ׳ רַבִּים with 𝔊 הַמְּזִמֹּת הַֽנְדָרִים); altogether עָֽשְׂתָה מְזִמֹּת הַֽנְדָרִים וּבְשַׂר קֹדֶשׁ יַעֲבִרוּ מֵעָלַיִךְ רָעָתֵךְ. מְזִמָּתוֹ Yirmiya 51:11; pl. abs. מְזִמּוֹת Tehillim 37:7 + 7 times; cstr. id. Yirmiya 23:20; Yirmiya 30:24; sf. מְזִמּוֹתָיו Tehillim 10:4;—

n.[m.] melody (techn. design. of psalms; cf. Hup^{Psalm. Einl. § 7, 2} De⁴ on Tehillim 3, Bae^{Psalmen, xiii}; مَزَامِيرٌ, ܡܰܙܡܘܽܖ̈ܶܐ, መዝሙር: loan-wds., all = Psalm(s); on מ׳, in relation to תהלה cf. 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 pers. 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 n.pr.; in addit., in 13 ψψ with לדוד, 2 with לבני קרח, 5 with לאסף; in only 3 without either n.pr. or title; מ׳ is preceded by שׁיר 5 times, and foll. by שִׁיר 8 times]

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

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

n.[m.] place of sowing, seedland, only cstr. כֹּל מִזְרַע יְאוֹר Yeshaya 19:7 (‖ עָרוֹת יְאוֹר); > Du who tr. seed (cf. מאכל etc.) on acc. of foll. vb. נִדַּף.

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

n.f. flat plate, pan, or griddle for baking, only P and late; abs. מ׳ Vayikra 2:5 + 2 times; מַחֲבַ֑ת Vayikra 7:9; cstr. מַחֲבַת Yechezkel 4:3;—

n.f. a girding, cincture, only cstr.; תַּחַת פְּתִיגִיל מַחֲגֹרֶת שָׂ֑ק Yeshaya 3:24 instead of a mantle a girding of sackcloth.

n.m. Eicha 5:15 dance;—abs. מ׳ Tehillim 30:12 + 3 times; cstr. מְחוֹל Yirmiya 31:4; מְחוֹלֵנוּ Eicha 5:15;—dance, token of joyousness Tehillim 30:12 (opp. מספד), Yirmiya 31:4, Yirmiya 31:13 (cf. v b), Eicha 5:15 (opp. 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.

n.f. id.;—cstr. מְחֹלַת Shir HaShirim 7:1; pl. 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 (E); 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 prob. Poʿlel Pt. הַמְּחֹלְלוֹת, cf. vb. חוּל supr.; so 𝔊 We Dr), Shmuel Alef 21:12; Shmuel Alef 29:5.

n.[m.] vision—abs. מ׳ Breishis 15:1; cstr. 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 (JE; poems of Balaam); הָיָה דְבַר י׳ אֶל־אַבְרָם בַּמַּחֲזֶה Breishis 15:1 (R) the word of י׳ came unto Abram in a vision.

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

n.f. preservation of life, sustenance, מ׳ Breishis 45:5 + 4 times; cstr. מִחְיַת Vayikra 13:10, Vayikra 13:24; sf. מִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ Shoftim 17:10;—

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

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

n.f. robe of state (taken off in ordinary life);—only pl. abs. מַחֲלָצוֹת Yeshaya 3:22 robes of ladies of Jerusalem; Zecharia 3:4 of high priest.

n.f. division, course (almost wholly Chr.)—מ׳ abs. Divrei HaYamim Alef 27:1, Divrei HaYamim Alef 27:2; cstr. Divrei HaYamim Alef 27:4; sf. מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹ Divrei HaYamim Alef 27:2 + 14 times Divrei HaYamim Alef 27; abs. מַחְלְקוֹת Divrei HaYamim Alef 23:6 + 6 times Ch + Shmuel Alef 23:28 (v. infr.); cstr. id. Divrei HaYamim Alef 26:12 + 5 times Ch + Nechemia 11:36; sf. 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;—

n.f.pl. curd-like things = smooth, hypocritical, words, only cstr. חָֽלְקוּ מ׳ פִּיו Tehillim 55:22 smooth are the butter-words of his mouth (Ew De Hup), but read prob. (פניו) חלק(ו) מֵחֲמָאֹת פיו his mouth (face) is smoother than curds (Vrss Ki Thes Ol Che Bae We Du [מֵחֶמְאָה]).

n.f. anything leavened, only Shemos 12:19, Shemos 12:20 (P).

n.m. Breishis 33:8 + 16 times and f. Tehillim 27:3; Divrei HaYamim Alef 11:15 (on Breishis 32:9 v. Di) encampment, camp—abs. מ׳ Breishis 32:9^(×2) + 126 times (incl. Yechezkel 1:24, del. Co); cstr. מַחֲנֵה Breishis 32:3 + 56 times; sf. 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 (cf. infr., and on form of noun c. sf. vid. Ges^{§ 93, 3, R 3}); pl. abs. מַחֲנוֹת Breishis 32:8 + 9 times; cstr. Divrei HaYamim Alef 9:18 + 2 times, מַחֲנִים Bamidbar 13:19; sf. (appar. pl. n.) מַחֲנֵיהֶם Yehoshua 10:4 + 5 times;—on du. v. מ׳ n.pr. infr.

n.pr.loc. (two camps)—E. of Jordan; name from Jacob’s meeting angels according to Breishis 32:3 (J), place on border of Gad Yehoshua 13:26, of Manasseh v Yehoshua 13:30 (P); Levit. city in Gad Yehoshua 21:36 (P) = 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, v. Di Gn; כִּמְחֹלַת הַמַּחֲנָ֑יִם Shir HaShirim 7:1 is put here Ex Hi Öt al.: as at a (the) dance of Mahanaim; dance of a double choir Gi Stickel RV.

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

n.m. ^{Pr 14:26} refuge, shelter;—abs. מַ׳ Iyov 24:8 + 5 times; מַחֲסֶה Tehillim 46:2 + 2 times; cstr. מַחְסֵּה Yeshaya 28:17; sf. מַחְסִּי Tehillim 62:8 + 5 times; מַחֲסִי Tehillim 71:7 Yirmiya 17:17, מַחְסֵּהוּ Tehillim 14:6, מַחְסֵּנוּ Yeshaya 28:15;—shelter:

n.pr.m. (י׳ is a refuge) ancestor of Baruch and Seraiah Yirmiya 32:12 (Baer מַחֲס׳) Yirmiya 51:59.

n.m. 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׳ abs. Mishlei 11:24 + 6 times; cstr. Shoftim 18:10; Shoftim 19:19; sf. מַחְסוֹרְךָ Shoftim 19:20; מַחְסֹרְךָ Mishlei 6:11; מַחְסֹרוֹ Devarim 15:8; pl. sf. 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).

n.f. half, middle—cstr. מַחֲצִית Shemos 30:13^(×2) + 8 times; מַחֲצִת Bamidbar 31:30, Bamidbar 31:47; sf. מַחֲצִיתוֹ Shemos 30:23, מַחֲצִיתָהּ Vayikra 6:13^(×2), מַחֲצִיתָם Bamidbar 31:29—

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

n.m. dark place (poet.)—abs. מ׳ Yeshaya 29:15; Yeshaya 42:16; מַחְשָׁ֑ךְ Tehillim 88:19; pl. מַחֲשַׁכִּים Tehillim 88:7; Tehillim 143:3 = Eicha 3:6; cstr. מַחֲשַׁכֵּי Tehillim 74:20;—dark place:

n.pr.m. (perhaps from מַחֲתֶה thing seized)—Levites:

n.f. terror, destruction, ruin, poet. (especially Pr)—abs. מ׳ Mishlei 10:14 + 8 times; cstr. מְחִתַּת Mishlei 10:15; Mishlei 14:28;—

n.[m.] slaughtering-place (Ph. מטבח id. CIS^i.175), Yeshaya 14:21, for Babylonians (under implicit fig. of animals).

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

n.m. hidden treasure, treasure;—abs. מַטְמוֹן Breishis 43:23; pl. מַטְמֹנִים Yirmiya 41:8 Mishlei 2:4; מַטְמוֹנִים Iyov 3:21; cstr. מַטְמֻנֵי Yeshaya 45:3; (hidden) treasure Breishis 43:23 (of money in sacks); מַטְמֻנֵי מִסְתָּרים Yeshaya 45:3 (i.e. 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).

n.m. only pl. 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); sf. מַטְעַמּוֹתָיו Mishlei 23:3; מַטְעַמֹּתָיו v Mishlei 23:6.

n.pr.f. mother-in-law of Hadar (Hadad) Breishis 36:39 𝔊 Ματρ(α)ε(ι)θ 𝔊 here, not in Ch, makes מ׳ son of Mezahab, i.e. n.pr.m.) = Divrei HaYamim Alef 1:50, 𝔊 Ματραδ, Ματρηθ.

n.pr.m. one who (with אֶלְדָּד) prophesied in the camp of Isr. Bamidbar 11:26, Bamidbar 11:27 (JE), 𝔊 Μωδαδ.

n.m. kinsman, מידע לְ Rus 2:1 Kt, but Qr מוֹדַע a kinsman of her husband; fig. מֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא Mishlei 7:4 a kinsman shalt thou call understanding (‖ אֱמֹר לְחָכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָ֑תְּ).

n.m. ^{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 adv. wherefore? (prob. contr. from מַה־יָּדוּעַ what being known? i.e. from what motive? so Ges Ew^{§ 325 c} Ol^{§ 222 f}, cf. 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 Hex), 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 (v. Gf) 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, cf. Yirmiya 30:6; Iyov 3:12; Iyov 18:3 (never in ψ).

n.[m.] the best, only cstr. מֵיטַב and as superl.; the best of a thing: מ׳ שָׂדֵהוּ וּמ׳ כַּרְמוֹ Shemos 22:4 (JE) 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 (P).

n.f. kindred, birth, offspring;—מ׳ cstr. Vayikra 18:9, Vayikra 18:11; sf. מוֹלַדְתִּי Breishis 24:4 + 3 times, etc.; pl. sf. מוֹלְדוֹתַיִךְ Yechezkel 16:4; מֹלְדֹתַיִךְ v Yechezkel 16:3;—

n.pr.m. a Judahite Divrei HaYamim Alef 2:29.

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

n.f. foundation, appointment מַטֵּה מוּסָדָה Yeshaya 30:32 rod of appointment (cf. Chavakuk 1:12 יָסַד), appointed rod (of punishment); pl. cstr. מוּסְדוֹת Yechezkel 41:8 Qr, must mean foundations (si vera l.); Kt perhaps intends Pu. Pt. מְיֻסָּדוֹת founded, furnished with foundations (conject. emendation by Co).

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

n.m. 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.; pl. מוֹעְדִים Daniel 12:7 + 6 times; מֹעֲדִים Zecharia 8:19 Divrei HaYamim Alef 23:31; מוֹעֲדוֹת Divrei HaYamim Beis 8:13; cstr. מוֹעֲדֵי Vayikra 23:2 + 6 times; מֹעֲדֵי Vayikra 23:44; sfs. מוֹעֲדַי Yechezkel 44:24; מֹעֲדֵיכֶם Bamidbar 15:3 + 6 times sfs;—

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

n.m. a casting; מ׳ אֶחָד Melachim Alef 7:37 (of metal); of dust compacted into clod בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק Iyov 38:38.—ii. מוצק v. sub צוק.

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

n.f. 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 (sq. וְאֵשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּוּקַד בּוֹ).

n.m. ^{Mishlei 12:13} proposes a bait or lure in a fowler’s net; then fig. snare—abs. מוֹקֵשׁ Shemos 10:7 + 15 times; cstr. Mishlei 18:7; Mishlei 20:25; pl. מוֹקְשִׁים Tehillim 64:6 Iyov 40:24; מֹקְשִׁים Tehillim 140:6; cstr. 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 fig. of what allures and entraps any one to disaster or ruin; Moses a snare to Egyptians Shemos 10:7 (J); 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 (JE), Devarim 7:16 Shoftim 2:3; Shoftim 8:27 Tehillim 106:36; so alliances with Canaanites Shemos 34:12 (JE), Yehoshua 23:13 (D); 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 (vb. 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, cf. 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.

n.m. ^{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; pl. מוֹרָאִים Devarim 4:34;—

n.[m.] שִׁיתָה מוֹרָה לָהֶם Tehillim 9:21, prob. appoint (Hoshea 6:11) terror (i.e. some awe-inspiring exhibition of power) for them Thes SS RV Ew De Hu Pe Che after Mas 𝔗 Aq Jer (מוֹרָה a variation of or prob. error for מוֹרָא); poss. set them a teacher, master Bae after 𝔊 𝔙 𝔖 מוֹרֶה, νομοθέτην; neither altogether satisfactory.

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

n.m. Tehillim 84:7 (early) rain (cf. יוֹרֶה);—Yoel 2:23 (‖ גֶּשֶׁם, מַלְקוֹשׁ) v Yoel 2:23 (del. We), Tehillim 84:7.

n.m. Yeshaya 30, Yeshaya 20 teacher;—abs. in אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה Breishis 12:6 (J) = אֵלוֹנֵי מֹרֶה Devarim 11:30 (Sam 𝔊 אֵלוֹן), the teacher’s terebinth (see אֵלוֹן) near Shechem; cf. גִּבְעַת הַמּוֹרֶה Shoftim 7:1 teacher’s hill near the plain of Jezreel, prob. Little Hermon, Nebî Daḥî 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 prob. likewise מוֹרָ֑י Mishlei 5:13, and מוֹרֶיךָ Yeshaya 30:20^(×2).

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

n.m. ^{Melachim Beis 2:19} seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers;—abs. מ׳ Tehillim 107:4 + 4 times; cstr. מוֹשַׁב Shemos 12:40 + 9 times; sf. מוֹשָׁבִי Iyov 29:7 etc.; pl. cstr. מוֹשְׁבֵי Yechezkel 34:13; sf. 2 mpl. מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם etc. Shemos 12:20 + 11 times; sf. 3 mpl. מוֹשְׁבֹתָם etc. Shemos 10:23 + 5 times; מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיהֶם Yechezkel 37:23, but read מְשׁוּב׳ their apostasies 𝔊 Comm., see VB; מוֹשְׁבוֹתֵיהֶם Yechezkel 6:14;—

n.pr.m. (deliverance)—son of Caleb Divrei HaYamim Alef 2:42, 𝔊 Μαρεισα, 𝔖L Μουσα.

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

n.m. ^{Mishlei 14:23} abundance, pre-eminence;—

n.m. ^{Tehillim 32:10} pain;—מ׳ abs. Koheles 1:18 + 2 times; cstr. Tehillim 69:27; sf. מַכְאוֹבִי (מַכְאֹבִי) Tehillim 38:18 + 3 times, etc.; pl. מַכְאוֹבִים Tehillim 32:10 Koheles 2:23; מַכְאֹבוֹת Yeshaya 53:3; sf. מַכְאֹבָיו Shemos 3:7; מַכְאֹבֵינוּ Yeshaya 53:4;—

(van d. H. מַכְבֵּנָא) n.pr.loc. Divrei HaYamim Alef 2:49 (represented as having שְׁוָא for father; poss. = foregoing), 𝔊 Μαχαβηνα, 𝔊L Μαχβανα.

n.pr.m. a hero of David Divrei HaYamim Alef 12:14.

n.m. grating or lattice-work, cstr. 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.

n.m. Daniel 8, Daniel 11 fixed or established place, foundation (chiefly poet.);—abs. מ׳ Shemos 15:17 + 2 times; cstr. מְכוֹן Melachim Alef 8:39 + 10 times; sf. מְכוֹנִי Yeshaya 18:4, מְכוֹנוֹ Ezra 2:68; pl. sf. מְכוֹנֶיהָ Tehillim 104:5;—

n.m. perfection, i.e. (prob.) gorgeous attire, Yechezkel 23:12; Yechezkel 38:4 (of warriors) לְבֻשֵׁי מִכְלוֹל.

n.m. completeness, perfection, Tehillim 50:2 מִצִּיּוֹן מִכְלַל יֹ֑פִי out of Zion, the perfection of beauty (cf. כָּלִיל 1), hath God shined.

n.pr.loc. Ezra 2:27 = Nechemia 7:30; = מִכְמָשׂ (v. 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. 𝔊 Μαχ(ε)μας, etc. (On Mikmās v. Rob^{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 (cf. ii. חֵרֶם p. 357, ii. רֶשֶׁת p. 440).

net, snare (v. foregoing)—pl. sf. יִפְּלוּ בְּמַכְמֹרָיו רְשָׁעִים Tehillim 141:10; so Gr Che Tehillim 140:11 (במכמרות for MT בְּמַהֲמֹרוֹת, v. p. 243).

n.f. net, fishing-net; sg. sf. מִכְמַרְתּוֹ Chavakuk 1:15 (‖ חַכָּה, and חֵרֶם), v Chavakuk 1:16, both in fig. of conquering Chaldeans.

n.f. id.; וּפֹרְשֵׂי מ׳ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם Yeshaya 19:8 (‖ מַשְׁלִיכֵי בַיְאוֹר חַכָּה).

n.m. ^{Yechezkel 44:18} only du. (or pl.) drawers (connex. with above √ כנס obscure; Di der. from כנס = גנז cover up, hide (cf. Du Yeshaya 28:20), which Thes also comp.)—only cstr. 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; cstr. מִכְסֵה Breishis 8:13 + 10 times; sf. מִכְסֵהוּ Shemos 35:11 + 2 times;—

n.m. computation, proportion to be paid, tax (Palm. מכסא Reckendorf^{ZMG 1885, 379 ff.}; NH מֶכֶס, Aramaic מִכְסָא, ܡܰܟܣܳܐ tax (hence Arabic مَكْسٌ as loan-word Frä²⁸³); Assyrian miksu, Dl^{HWB 407} (√ מכס); NH מוֹכֵס tax-collector; so Assyrian makkasu, cf. 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).

n.m. ^{Yirmiya 6:21} a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block;—מ׳ abs. Yeshaya 8:14 + 3 times, מִכְשֹׁל Vayikra 19:14; cstr. מִכְשׁוֹל Shmuel Alef 25:31 + 6 times Ez; pl. מִכְשֹׁלִים Yirmiya 6:21 + Yechezkel 21:20 MT (Co al. מֻכְשָׁלִים, v. infr.);—

n.m. Divrei HaYamim Beis 21:12 writing;—abs. מ׳ Devarim 10:4 + 5 times; cstr. מִכְתַּב Shemos 32:16 + 2 times;—

n.[m.] Mikhtām, a term. techn. in ψ-titles, meaning unknown (𝔊 στηλογραφία: cf. Bae 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.

n.m. messenger;—מ׳ Shemos 23:20 + 48 times; cstr. מַלְאַךְ Breishis 16:7 + 69 times; sfs. מַלְאָכִי Shemos 23:23 + 3 times; מַלְאָכוֹ Breishis 24:7, Breishis 24:40; pl. מַלְאָכִים Breishis 32:4 + 63 times + מלאכים Shmuel Beis 11:1 Kt (< Qr מלכים); cstr. מַלְאֲכֵי Breishis 28:12 + 11 times; מַלְאָכֶיךָ Bamidbar 24:12, Melachim Beis 19:23; מַלְאָכֵכֵה Nachum 2:14 error for מַלְאָכֵכִי = מַלְאָכַיְכִי Ges^{§ 91, (2), Anm. 2} or < for מַלְאָכֵךְ by dittogr. from foll. הוֹי Kö ^{ii. 1.S 571}). מַלְאָכָיו Divrei HaYamim Beis 36:15 + 8 times;—

n.f. occupation, work (for מַלְאָכָה; cf. Ph. מלאכת labour)—מ׳ Shemos 12:16 + 102 times; מְלָ֑אכֶת Divrei HaYamim Beis 13:10; cstr. מְלֶאכֶת Shemos 35:24 + 42 times; sf. מְלַאכְתְּךָ Yonah 1:8; מְלַאכְתֶּ֑ךָ Shemos 20:9 + 2 times; מְלַאכְתּוֹ Breishis 2:2 + 13 times; pl. cstr. מַלְאֲכוֹת Divrei HaYamim Alef 28:19; sf. מַלְאֲכוֹתֶיךָ Tehillim 73:28;—

appar. n.pr.m. Malachi, Malachi 1:1, but in fact not historical name of author, nor pseudonym for Ezra; prob. a conjecture based on Malachi 3:1; so many moderns; see Dr ^Intr.

[מַלְבֻּשׁ] n.m. ^{Tzefania 1:8} raiment, attire;—abs. Melachim Beis 10:22 + 2 times; sf. מַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ Yechezkel 16:3; pl. sf. 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 fig. of infant Yechezkel 16:13; מַל׳ נָכְרִי Tzefania 1:8 foreign attire (acc. with לָבַשׁ); pl. 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 fig. of warrior Yeshaya 63:3.

n.m. lodging-place, inn, khan;—abs. מ׳ Breishis 42:27 + 5 times; cstr. 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; fig. מְלוֹן קִצֹּה֯ Melachim Beis 19:23, i.e. its (Lebanon’s) remotest camping-ground, hyperb. of Assyrian conquest; so read prob. in ‖ Yeshaya 37:24 for MT מְרוֹם ק׳, cf. Di Du Kit Che^Hpt..

n.f. battle, war;—abs. מ׳ Breishis 14:2, Breishis 14:8 Shemos 1:10 +; cstr. מִלְחֶ֫מֶת Shmuel Alef 13:22 (מ׳ מִכְמָשׁ 𝔊 Th We Bu HPS Ew^{§ 188 c} Kö^{ii 182} > abs. Thes al.); sf. מִלְחַמְתִּי Divrei HaYamim Beis 35:21; מִלְחַמְתְּךָ Shmuel Beis 11:25; מִלְחַמְתֶּ֑ךָ Yeshaya 41:12, etc.; pl. מִלְחָמוֹת Yeshaya 42:13 + 7 times Ch ψψ; cstr. 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 (JE); acc. 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, cf. 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 Kit^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 (P), also (coll.) Shoftim 20:17, of י׳ Shemos 15:3 (poem); אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ׳ Yehoshua 6:3; Yehoshua 10:24 (both JE), 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 (P), 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, cf. Yeshaya 41:12 Yechezkel 27:10, Yechezkel 27:27; אִישׁ מִלְחֲמוֹת תֹּעִי Shmuel Beis 8:10 a man of battles of Toi, i.e. his frequent opponent (v. Dr), = 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, cf. Yehoshua 8:11 (all JE), cf. also Shmuel Alef 13:16 add. 𝔊 We Dr, cf. Klo; אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל לַמּ׳ Yirmiya 48:14; צְבָא מ׳ battle-host Yeshaya 13:4, so צ׳ הַמּ׳ Bamidbar 31:14 (P); 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 fig. 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, cf. 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. 𝔊 The We Klo Dr Bu. Freq. combin. with vbs. are: עָרַךְ מ׳ draw up battle-line Shoftim 20:22 +, sq. אֵת with = against Breishis 14:8 Shoftim 20:20, sq. עִם Divrei HaYamim Beis 13:3; אסר המּ׳ i.e. begin the battle Melachim Alef 20:14, cf. 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, sq. אֵת with Breishis 14:2 Yehoshua 11:18 (D), sq. 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, abs. Yirmiya 46:3†; וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ עִם Shmuel Beis 21:18, Shmuel Beis 21:19, c. בֵּין Shmuel Beis 3:1, cf. v Shmuel Beis 3:6 +; †קִדַּשׁ מ׳ consecrate war, i.e. open a campaign (with sacred rites, Che) Micha 3:5 Yirmiya 6:4 (both c. על), Yoel 4:9; cf. †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׳ (𝔊 We Klo Bu, cf. Dr) and the battle inclined (in favour of one side); נָפוֹצֶת הַמּ׳ Shmuel Beis 18:8 Qr the battle was spread (extended), so read Shmuel Alef 14:24 add. 𝔊 The We Klo Dr; תָּקוּם עָלַי מ׳ Tehillim 27:3 if war rise against me†; הַמּ׳ כָּבֵ֑דָה Shoftim 20:34 the battle was severe, cf. 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: cf. כֹּבֶד מ׳ Yeshaya 21:15, עֱזוּז מ׳ Yeshaya 42:25.

n.m. ^{Yeshaya 49:25} booty, prey (cf. לָקַח 9);—הֲיֻקַּח מִגִּבּוֹר מ׳ Yeshaya 49:24 (‖ שְׁבִי), cf. v Yeshaya 49:25 (‖ id.); Bamidbar 31:26 (‖ id.), Bamidbar 31:11 (‖ שָׁלָל), v Bamidbar 31:12 (‖ id. + שְׁבִי, i.e. here, only, disting. from captives), v Bamidbar 31:32 (‖ יֶתֶר הַבָּ֔ז), v Bamidbar 31:27.

n.[m.] jaw (as taking, seizing food);—du. sf. וּלְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֹחָ֑י Tehillim 22:16 and my tongue is made to cleave to my jaws, i.e. my gums.

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

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

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

n.m. muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly (cf. Assyrian mu’du, abundance, Hom^{ZMG 1878, 711} (‘treasures ana mu’di, in abundance’) Dl^HWB 399):—

n.f. hundred (NH id.; MI ²⁰ מאתן (du.); SI⁵ מאת, מאתים (du.); Ph. מאת, מאתם (du.); Assyrian mê (prob., Dl^{§ 75}), TelAm. me-at Wkl^{TelAm. 20}; Arabic مِاىَٔةٌ; Sab. מאת, מאתם Os^{ZMG x. 1856, 49; CIS iv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6}; מאה Eut^{Sin. 457}; Ethiopic ምእት:; Aramaic מְאָה, ܡܳܐܐ; Palm. תלת מאה 300 Vog^{Palm. 6, 4}; Nab. מאה Eut^{Nab 8, 9});—מ׳ Breishis 6:3 + 144 times; cstr. מְאַת Breishis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Koheles 8:12 v. 1 d infr.); pl. abs. מֵאוֹת Breishis 5:9 + 324 times (מֵאֹת only Breishis 5:4, Breishis 5:30); המאיות Kt Melachim Beis 11:4 + 3 times Melachim Beis 11; du. מָאתַיִם (-תָ֑יִם) Breishis 11:19 + 76 times (but Shmuel Alef 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) 𝔊𝔊 We Dr Kit Bu HPS);—hundred:—

n.f. used as n.pr. of tower on northern wall of Jerus., מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה Nechemia 3:1; Nechemia 12:39.

v. sub i. אוה.

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

n.m. ^{Vayikra 21:17} (= foregoing; quiesc. א om.) (NH id.; Aramaic מוּמָא, ܡܽܘܡܳܐ );—abs. מ׳ Vayikra 21:17 + 16 times; sf. מוּמוֹ Mishlei 9:7; מוּמָם Devarim 32:5;—blemish, defect (chiefly H):

pron.indef. anything (according to Thes from מָה וּמָה, like quidquid, against which is the Mil‘el tone; according to Ol^{254, 255, 386} Kö^{ii. 146} an old accus. from מאוּם in sense of speck, particle, cf. 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, Dl^{§ 60,}Dl^{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׳ lit. 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] v. אור.

v. אכל.

v. אָמַר.

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

adj.verb. refusing, sq. Inf., and always of disobeying י׳; Shemos 7:27; Shemos 9:2; Shemos 10:4 (all J), Yirmiya 38:21.

vb. reject (NH id.; Aramaic מְאַס reject, despise; BA^{ES 15} comp. (dub.) Arabic مَعَسَ lightly esteem (Ḳam.; Assyrian ma’âsu is perhaps destroy Meissn^{Suppl. 55});—

v. אפה.

v. אפל.

v. בוא.

n.m. ^{Breishis 7:6} flood in time of Noah (NH id.; Jew.-Aramaic; מַבּוּלָא; Syriac ܡܳܡܽܘܠܴܐ; der. dub.; Thes al. √ יבל, but improb., v. Dl^{Prol. 122 f.}; poss. old Assyrian (Bab.) loan-word (yet form unkn. in Assyrian), or from √ נבל = Assyrian nabâlu, destroy Dl^{HWB443 f.}; cf. Dl^{Par. 156}; ^{Prol. 122} Che ^{ψ 29, 10 crit. n., Hbr. iii. 3, 175 f.}, O. Whitehouse^{COT ii. 293});—מ׳ only Gn and Tehillim 29:10; always abs. and always c. art. except Breishis 9:11, Breishis 9:15;—וַיְהִי הַמּ׳ Breishis 7:17; לֹא יִהְיֶה עוֹד מ׳ Breishis 9:11; foll. 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 Bu Di); י׳ לַמּ׳ יָשָׁ֑ב Tehillim 29:10 י׳ at the flood sat enthroned (so most; Che ^{v. crit. n.} ‘at the storm’ (destruction = destructive storm Id^Hbrl.c.), but הַמּ׳ seems in all the other passages to be almost = n.pr. of the flood; cf. also מֵי נֹחַ Yeshaya 54:9^(×2)).

i, ii. מִבְחָר v. בחר.

v. בטא.

v. בטח.

v. סִבְּכַי.

v. בצר.

n.pr.m. Edomite chief Breishis 36:42 = Divrei HaYamim Alef 1:53; A 𝔊 L Μαζαρ, A (in Ch) Μαβσαρ;—on n.pr.loc. Mabsar (Onom.^{277, 63; 137, 11}) cf. Buhl^{Edom. 38}).

v. בשׂם.

v. גבשׁ.

v. גבל.