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title: מַהְפֶּכֶת — stocks · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַהְפֶּכֶת (4115), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: stocks. BDB 1906: n.f. stocks. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַהְפֶּכֶת

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«מַהְפֶּכֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stocks** — 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:** 4115 · **BDB:** מַהְפֶּ֫כֶת

### Glosses

stock\[s\] (3); the.stock\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stocks [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4115/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. stocks [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4115/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. stocks or similar instrum. of punishment (compelling crooked posture, or distorting), mentioned rather late; as punishment for Jeremiah הַמּ׳ אֲשֶׁר בְּשַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן Je 20:2 (𝔊 εἰς τὸν καταράκτην κ.τ.λ.), cf. אֶל־הַמּ׳ 29:26 (𝔊 εἰς τὸ ἀπόκλεισμα; ‖ אֶל־הַצִּינֹק, 𝔊 εἰς τὸν καταράκτην, but order of words perhaps reversed in 𝔊); הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶת 20:3; בֵּית הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת assigned also to Asa’s time 2 Ch 16:10 (𝔊 εἰς φυλακήν; 𝔊L εἰς οἶκον φυλακῆς; cf. Acts 16:24, where εἰς ρὴν ἐσωτέραν φυλακήν, + εἰς τὸ ζύλον).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַהְפֶּכֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4115/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 20:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.20.2/)

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וַיַּכֶּ֣ה פַשְׁח֔וּר אֵ֖ת יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֑יא וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֹת֜וֹ עַל־הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶת אֲשֶׁ֨ר בְּשַׁ֤עַר בִּנְיָמִן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.struck Pashhur (et) Jeremiah the prophet and he.put him on the stock\[s\] which \[was\].at the.gate of.Benjamin (the) upper which \[was\].in the.house of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the LORD.

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[Jeremiah 20:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.20.3/)

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וַֽיְהִי֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיֹּצֵ֥א פַשְׁח֛וּר אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ מִן־הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶת וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ לֹ֤א פַשְׁחוּר֙ קָרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ שְׁמֶ֔ךָ כִּ֖י אִם־מָג֥וֹר מִסָּבִֽיב׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was from.\[the\] next.day and he.brought.out Pashhur (et) Jeremiah from the stock\[s\] and he.said to him Jeremiah not Pashhur he.has.called Yahweh name your (dm) (if) Magor- missabib all.around

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him: 'The LORD hath not called thy name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.

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