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title: מוֹפֵת — wonder · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹפֵת (4159), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: wonder. BDB 1906: n.m. wonder, sign, portent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹפֵת

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«מוֹפֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wonder** — 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:** 36 times · **Key:** 4159 · **BDB:** מוֹפֵת

### Glosses

wonders (17); sign (5); a.sign (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wonder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4159/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wonder, sign, portent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4159/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dt 29:2 wonder, sign, portent (= מֹאפֵת)—מוֹפֵת Ex 7:9 + 14 times; מוֹפֶתְכֶם Ez 12:11; מוֹפְתִים Dt 4:34 + 4 times; מֹפְתִים Dt 6:22 + 9 times; מוֹפְתַי Ex 7:3; 11:9; מוֹפְתָיו ψ 78:43; מֹפְתָיו 1 Ch 16:12 ψ 105:5— wonder, as special display of God’s power Ex 7:3; 11:9 ψ 105:5 1 Ch 16:12 Jo 3:3; by Moses and Aaron Ex 4:21; 11:10 cf. 7:9 (in mouth of Pharaoh), by false proph. Dt 13:2, 3 (‖ אות); usually ‖ אות Dt 4:34; 6:22; 7:19; 26:8; 29:2; 34:11 ψ 78:43; 105:27; 135:9 Je 32:20, 21 Ne 9:10; applied to effect of Yahweh’s curse Dt 28:46 (‖ אות); to one protected by י׳ ψ 71:7. sign or token of future event (cf. אוֹת) 1 K 13:3(×2), 5 2 Ch 32:24, 31; symbolic act Is 20:3 (‖ אות); as such the term is applied to persons Is 8:18 (‖ אות) Ez 12:6, 11; 24:24, 27; cf. אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Zc 3:8 men who serve as a symbol or sign.—Vb. used, of divine act, is נתן Ex 7:9 etc., שׂים Je 32:20; שׂים also of entrusting to human power Ex 4:21, cf. דִּבֶּר 1 K 13:3; of human agency עשׂה Ex 4:21; 11:10, נתן 1 K 13:3, 5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 3 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹפֵת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4159/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 71:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.7/)

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כְּ֭מוֹפֵת הָיִ֣יתִי לְרַבִּ֑ים וְ֝אַתָּ֗ה מַֽחֲסִי־עֹֽז׃

*Word for word:* like a.portent I.have.become for many.\[people\] and you refuge \[are\].my of.strength

*JPS 1917:* I am as a wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong refuge.

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[1 Chronicles 16:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.12/)

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זִכְר֗וּ נִפְלְאֹתָיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה מֹפְתָ֖יו וּמִשְׁפְּטֵי־פִֽיהוּ׃

*Word for word:* remember wonders his which he.has.done signs his and the.judgments his.mouth his

*JPS 1917:* Remember His marvellous works that He hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth;

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