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title: מוֹקְדָה — hearth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹקְדָה (4169), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hearth. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹקְדָה

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«מוֹקְדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hearth** — 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:** 4169 · **BDB:** מוֹקְדָה

### Glosses

\[the\].hearth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hearth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4169/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4169/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hearth (= place of burning), only of 3, the plate or top of altar, on which burnt-offering was laid and consumed, הִוא הָעוֹלָה עַל מ׳ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Lv 6:2 (sq. וְאֵשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּוּקַד בּוֹ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹקְדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4169/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.2/)

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צַ֤ו אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הָעֹלָ֑ה הִ֣וא הָעֹלָ֡ה עַל֩ מוֹקְדָ֨ה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֤חַ כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וְאֵ֥שׁ הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ תּ֥וּקַד בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* command (et) Aaron and (et) sons his (cmp) this \[is\].the.legal.\[procedure\] of the.burnt.offering it the.burnt offering \[will.be\].on \[the\].hearth on the altar all the night until the morning and the.fire of the.altar it.will.burn on it

*JPS 1917:* Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt-offering: it is that which goeth up on its firewood upon the altar all night unto the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning thereby.

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