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title: מַבּוּעַ — spring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַבּוּעַ (4002), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: spring. BDB 1906: spring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַבּוּעַ

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«מַבּוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spring** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4002 · **BDB:** מַבּוּעַ²

### Glosses

become\].(into).springs (1); spring (1); springs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4002/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

spring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4002/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] spring of water (Assyrian nambaʾu DlHWB 442, Arabic مَنْبَعٌ, Syriac ܡܰܒܽܘܥ );—abs. מ׳ Ec 12:6; pl. cstr. מַבּעֵי מַיִם Is 35:7; 49:10 (for returning exiles).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַבּוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4002/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 35:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.7/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרָב֙ לַאֲגַ֔ם וְצִמָּא֖וֹן לְמַבּ֣וּעֵי מָ֑יִם בִּנְוֵ֤ה תַנִּים֙ רִבְצָ֔הּ חָצִ֖יר לְקָנֶ֥ה וָגֹֽמֶא׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.become the.parched ground (into).a pool and thirsty.ground \[will become\].(into).springs of.water \[will be\].in.a.habitation of.jackals place its.resting herbage \[will become\].(into).reed\[s\] and papyrus

*JPS 1917:* And the parched land shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals herds shall lie down, it shall be an enclosure for reeds and rushes.

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[Isaiah 49:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.10/)

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לֹ֤א יִרְעָ֙בוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִצְמָ֔אוּ וְלֹא־יַכֵּ֥ם שָׁרָ֖ב וָשָׁ֑מֶשׁ כִּי־מְרַחֲמָ֣ם יְנַהֲגֵ֔ם וְעַל־מַבּ֥וּעֵי מַ֖יִם יְנַהֲלֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* not they.will.be.hungry and not they.will.be.thirsty and not it will.strike.them burning.heat and sun (dm) \[one who\].has.compassion.on.them he will.guide.them and to springs of.water he will.lead.them

*JPS 1917:* They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for He that hath compassion on them will lead them, even by the springs of water will He guide them.

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