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title: מְגַמַּת — accumulation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְגַמַּת (4041), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: accumulation. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְגַמַּת

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«מְגַמַּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **accumulation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4041 · **BDB:** מְגַמָּה

### Glosses

the.totality (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

accumulation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4041/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4041/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Hb 1:9 (of the Chaldaeans) מְגַמַּת פְּנֵיהֶם קָדִ֑ימָה, of uncertain meaning: Ges the assembling of their faces is (directed) forwards; Ew De Ke eagerness, comparing (questionably) גָּמָא swallow Jb 39:24, and جَامَ (Freyt.) seek (whence St proposes מְגֻמַת). Text prob. erron.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְגַמַּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4041/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.1.9/)

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כֻּלֹּה֙ לְחָמָ֣ס יָב֔וֹא מְגַמַּ֥ת פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם קָדִ֑ימָה וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף כַּח֖וֹל שֶֽׁבִי׃

*Word for word:* of.it all for violence it.comes the.totality their.faces their eastward \[is\] and it.gathered like (the) sand captive\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.

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