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title: מְדוּרָה — pile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְדוּרָה (4071), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: pile. BDB 1906: n.f. pile. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְדוּרָה

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«מְדוּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pile** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4071 · **BDB:** מְדוּרָה

### Glosses

pile (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4071/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4071/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pile (of wood, etc.) מ׳ Ez 24:9; מְדֻרָתָהּ אֵשׁ ועצים הרבה Is 30:33 = pyre (so Ges Hi De Che Brd; Ew Di its circuit, compass).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְדוּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4071/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 24:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.9/)

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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה א֖וֹי עִ֣יר הַדָּמִ֑ים גַּם־אֲנִ֖י אַגְדִּ֥יל הַמְּדוּרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh woe! the.city of.(the) blood(s) also I I.will.make.great the.wood pile

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great,

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[Isaiah 30:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.33/)

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כִּֽי־עָר֤וּךְ מֵֽאֶתְמוּל֙ תָּפְתֶּ֔ה גַּם־הִ֛יא לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הוּכָ֖ן הֶעְמִ֣יק הִרְחִ֑ב מְדֻרָתָ֗הּ אֵ֤שׁ וְעֵצִים֙ הַרְבֵּ֔ה נִשְׁמַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ כְּנַ֣חַל גָּפְרִ֔ית בֹּעֲרָ֖ה בָּֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) \[has.been\].arranged from yesterday a.place.of.burning also it for the king it.has.been.prepared someone.has.made.\[it\].deep someone.has.made.\[it\].large pile its.wood fire and wood(s) \[is\].much the.breath of.Yahweh like a.torrent of.sulfur \[is\].about.to.burn (in) it

*JPS 1917:* For a hearth is ordered of old; yea, for the king it is prepared, deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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