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title: מַהֲמֹרֹות — flood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַהֲמֹרֹות (4113), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: flood. BDB 1906: n.f. flood watery pit. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַהֲמֹרֹות

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«מַהֲמֹרֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flood** — 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:** 4113 · **BDB:** מַהֲמֹרָה

### Glosses

pits (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4113/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. flood watery pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4113/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. flood (cf. Arabic √), or watery pit (proposes place of flowing waters; cf. Symm βοθύνους, and NH, NHWB iii. 40)—only pl. מַהֲמֹרוֹת ψ 140:11 (Gr Che מכמרות, nets, v. sub כמר; comp. רֶשֶׁת v 6).

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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, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַהֲמֹרֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4113/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 140:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.11/)

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יִמּ֥וֹטוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יַפִּלֵ֑ם בְּ֝מַהֲמֹר֗וֹת בַּֽל־יָקֽוּמוּ׃

*Word for word:* may.they.be.dropped on them burning.coals in the fire let someone.make.them.fall in pits not let.them.arise

*JPS 1917:* Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

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