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title: כַּרְכֹּב — border · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּרְכֹּב (3749), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: border. BDB 1906: border, rim. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּרְכֹּב

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«כַּרְכֹּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **border** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3749 · **BDB:** כַּרְכֹּב

### Glosses

ledge (1); the.ledge (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

border [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3749/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

border, rim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3749/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] border, rim, of altar (NH id.);—cstr. כ׳ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Ex 27:5; c. sf. כַּרְכֻּבּוֹ 38:4 (both P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּרְכֹּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3749/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 38:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.4/)

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וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ מִכְבָּ֔ר מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֶ֣שֶׁת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת תַּ֧חַת כַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹ מִלְּמַ֖טָּה עַד־חֶצְיֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.made for the altar a.grating a.work of.a.net of.bronze under ledge its from to downwards to middle its

*JPS 1917:* And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.

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[Exodus 27:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.27.5/)

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וְנָתַתָּ֣ה אֹתָ֗הּ תַּ֛חַת כַּרְכֹּ֥ב הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ מִלְּמָ֑טָּה וְהָיְתָ֣ה הָרֶ֔שֶׁת עַ֖ד חֲצִ֥י הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.put it under the.ledge of the.altar from to downwards and it.will.be the net to the.middle of the.altar

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.

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