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title: מְאֹד — muchness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְאֹד (3966), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 300 times: muchness. BDB 1906: n.m. muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְאֹד

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«מְאֹד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **muchness** — 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:** 300 times · **Key:** 3966 · **BDB:** מְאֹד

### Glosses

exceedingly (154); very (110); muchness (30)

### Meaning (OSHB)

muchness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3966/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3966/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly (cf. Assyrian mu’du, abundance, HomZMG 1878, 711 (‘treasures ana mu’di, in abundance’) DlHWB 399):— force, might, †Dt 6:5 וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶ֑ךָ and with all thy might; hence 2 K 23:25. in diff. idioms (298 times) to express the idea of exceedingly, greatly, very (whether of magnitude or degree): (so mostly) as adv. acc., qualifying both adj. and obs., Gn 1:31 טוֹב מְאֹד good exceedingly, 4:5 וַיִּחַר לְקַיִן מְאֹד and Cain was wroth exceedingly, 7:18 וַיִּגְבְּרוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּרְבּוּ מְאֹד, 12:14; 13:2 וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה, v 13 חַטָּאִים לי׳ מאד, 18:20; 19:3, 9; 21:11; 24:16, 35, + often, ψ 46:2 עֶזְרָה בְצָרוֹת נִמְצָא מְאֹד as a help in troubles, to be found (= present) exceedingly; with an inf. Is 47:9 בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִךְ מְאֹד despite of thy spells being very numerous, Jos 9:13 מֵרֹב הַדֶּרֶךְ מְאֹד, 1 K 7:47; הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד Gn 15:1; 41:49; Dt 3:5 +, for which in the later language is found לָרֹב מְאֹד †Zc 14:14; 2 Ch 4:18; 9:9 (in 1 K 10:10 הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד), 24:24; 30:13, and even לְהַרְבֵּה מְאֹד †2 Ch 11:12; 16:8. מְאֹד is not usually separated from the word it qualifies by more than one or two words (as Gn 20:8 וייראו האנשׁים מאד, Nu 11:10 ויחר אף י׳ מאד); see, however, Dt 30:14; Ju 12:2; 2 S 12:5; 1 K 11:19 ψ 31:12. It precedes its verb, †ψ 47:10 מְאֹד נַעֲלָה (hence 97:9), 92:6. עַד־מְאֹד up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly, †Gn 27:33 חֲרָדָה גְּדֹלָה עַד־מ׳, v 34 1 S 11:15 וישׂמח … עד מ׳, 25:36 וְהוּא שִׁכֹּר עַד־מ׳, 2 S 2:17; 1 K 1:4; Is 64:8 (cf. La 5:22), v 11 ψ 38:7, 9; 119:8, 43, 51, 107; Dn 8:8; 11:25. עַד־לִמְאֹד (v. עַד לְ)† 2 Ch 16:14. duplicated (Ges§ 133 k), †Gn 7:19 וְהַמַּיִם גָּֽבְרוּ מ׳ מ׳, 30:43; Nu 14:7; 1 K 7:47; 2 K 10:4; Ez 37:10. בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד lit. with muchness, muchness, †Gn 17:2, 6, 20; Ex 1:7 (all P), Ez 9:9; 16:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 66 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְאֹד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3966/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 116:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.10/)

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הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אֲ֝נִ֗י עָנִ֥יתִי מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* I.believed (dm) I.said I I.am.afflicted exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* I trusted even when I spoke: 'I am greatly afflicted.'

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[Psalms 119:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.4/)

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אַ֭תָּה צִוִּ֥יתָה פִקֻּדֶ֗יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* you you.have.commanded precepts your to keep exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.

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