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title: בַּעֲלָה — mistress · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּעֲלָה (1172), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: mistress. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּעֲלָה

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«בַּעֲלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mistress** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 1172 · **BDB:** בַּעֲלָה

### Glosses

(of).a.mistress (2); a.mistress (1); the.mistress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mistress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1172/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1172/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. mistress, בַּעֲלַת הַבַּיִת mistress of the house 1 K 17:17. n. rel. ב׳ אוב necromancer 1 S 28:7(×2); ב׳ כשׁפים sorceress, Na 3:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּעֲלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1172/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.4/)

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מֵרֹב֙ זְנוּנֵ֣י זוֹנָ֔ה ט֥וֹבַת חֵ֖ן בַּעֲלַ֣ת כְּשָׁפִ֑ים הַמֹּכֶ֤רֶת גּוֹיִם֙ בִּזְנוּנֶ֔יהָ וּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת בִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] abundance of.\[the\].prostitution(s) of.a.prostitute good of.grace a.mistress of.sorceries \[who\] sells nations by prostitution(s) her and clans by sorceries her

*JPS 1917:* Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her harlotries, and families through her witchcrafts.

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[1 Kings 17:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.17.17/)

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וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה חָלָ֕ה בֶּן־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה בַּעֲלַ֣ת הַבָּ֑יִת וַיְהִ֤י חָלְיוֹ֙ חָזָ֣ק מְאֹ֔ד עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־נֽוֹתְרָה־בּ֖וֹ נְשָׁמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was after the things (the) these he.became.sick the.son of the.woman the.mistress of the.house and it.was sickness his severe very until that not it.was.left in him breath

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

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