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title: מַאֲכֶלֶת — knife · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַאֲכֶלֶת (3979), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: knife. BDB 1906: n.f. knife. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַאֲכֶלֶת

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«מַאֲכֶלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **knife** — 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:** 3979 · **BDB:** מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת

### Glosses

knife (3); knives (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3979/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. knife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3979/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. knife (as cutting instrum., or instrument for dividing, making small, cf. S\[iegfr.\]ThLZ Nov. 17, ’83) Ju 19:29; מַאֲכֶ֑לֶת Gn 22:6, 10, pl. מַאֲכָלוֹת Pr 30:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַאֲכֶלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3979/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 22:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.22.10/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת־יָד֔וֹ וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת לִשְׁחֹ֖ט אֶת־בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.stretched.out Abraham (et) hand his and he.took (et) the knife to slaughter (et) son his

*JPS 1917:* And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

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[Proverbs 30:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.14/)

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דּ֤וֹר ׀ חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּיו֮ וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יולֶאֱכֹ֣ל עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵאֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים מֵאָדָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* a.generation \[are\].swords teeth its and.\[are\] knives fangs its to devour afflicted.\[people\] from.\[the\] earth and needy.\[people\] from humankind

*JPS 1917:* There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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