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title: מָבוֹא — entrance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָבוֹא (3996), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: entrance. BDB 1906: n.m. entrance, coming in, entering. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָבוֹא

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«מָבוֹא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **entrance** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 3996 · **BDB:** מָבוֹא

### Glosses

the.entrance (7); setting (4); entrance (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

entrance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3996/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. entrance, coming in, entering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3996/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 38:14 entrance, a coming in, entering;—מ׳ abs. Je 38:14 + 3 times + Ez 42:9 Kt (Qr מֵבִיא wrong, cf. Co); cstr. מְבוֹא Dt 11:30 + 12 times; sf. מְבוֹאוֹ ψ 104:19 + 2 times; מְבֹאוֹ ψ 50:1; מבואך 2 S 3:25 Kt (Qr מוֹבָאֶ֑ךָ inexplicable cf. Dr); pl. cstr. מְבוֹאֵי Ez 26:10, מְבוֹאֹת Ez 27:3;— entrance, i.e. place or way of entrance, into a city Ju 1:24, 25 1 Ch 4:39 Pr 8:3 (מ׳ פְּתָחִים); into buildings 2 K 11:16; 16:18 1 Ch 9:19 (שֹׁמְרֵי הַמָּבוֹא), 2 Ch 23:13, 15 Je 38:14 Ez 42:9; 46:19; v. also מְבוֹאֹת יָם entrance of (the) sea, gate of the sea, of situation of Tyre Ez 27:3. entering, act of entrance, by violence, in storm of city Ez 26:10; coming in or together, making a crowd, כִּמְבוֹא עָ֑ם Ez 33:31 sim. of eagerness to hear Yahweh’s word; in phrase אֶת־מוֹצָאֲךָ וְאֶת־מבואך 2 S 3:25 thy going out and thy coming in; mode of entering temple, or the people who enter Ez 44:5; particularly of sunset מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ ψ 104:19; = west Dt 11:30; Jos 1:4; 23:4 הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ = Mediterranean, Zc 8:7 אֶרֶץ מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ (‖ אֶרֶץ מִזְרָח), Mal 1:11 ψ 50:1; 113:3 sunset = west, opp. sunrise = east; in phr. from E. to W., i. e. over the whole earth, everywhere on earth.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «מָבוֹא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3996/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.19/)

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עָשָׂ֣ה יָ֭רֵחַ לְמוֹעֲדִ֑ים שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁ יָדַ֥ע מְבוֹאֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he.made \[the\].moon for appointed.times \[the\].sun it.knows setting its

*JPS 1917:* Who appointedst the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.

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[Psalms 113:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.113.3/)

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מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ עַד־מְבוֹא֑וֹ מְ֝הֻלָּ֗ל שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] rising of.\[the\].sun to setting its \[is\].to.be.praised the.name of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof the LORD'S name is to be praised.

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