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title: מִגְבָּעָה — head-gear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִגְבָּעָה (4021), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: head-gear. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. head-gear, turban. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִגְבָּעָה

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«מִגְבָּעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **head-gear** — 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:** 4021 · **BDB:** מִגְבָּעוֹת

### Glosses

headdresses (3); the.headdresses (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

head-gear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4021/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. head-gear, turban [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4021/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. head-gear, turban, of common priest (conical or convex), Ex 28:40 Lv 8:13; מִגְבָּעֹת Ex 29:9; 39:28 (פַּאֲרֵי הַמּ׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִגְבָּעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4021/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 39:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.28/)

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וְאֵת֙ הַמִּצְנֶ֣פֶת שֵׁ֔שׁ וְאֶת־פַּאֲרֵ֥י הַמִּגְבָּעֹ֖ת שֵׁ֑שׁ וְאֶת־מִכְנְסֵ֥י הַבָּ֖ד שֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the turban fine.linen and (et) the.head-wraps of the.headdresses fine.linen and (et) the.undergarments of.(the) linen fine.linen twisted

*JPS 1917:* and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,

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[Exodus 28:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.40/)

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וְלִבְנֵ֤י אַהֲרֹן֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה כֻתֳּנֹ֔ת וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ לָהֶ֖ם אַבְנֵטִ֑ים וּמִגְבָּעוֹת֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם לְכָב֖וֹד וּלְתִפְאָֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* and for the.sons of.Aaron you.will.make tunics and you.will.make for them sashes and headdresses you.will.make for them for glory and for beauty

*JPS 1917:* And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for splendour and for beauty.

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