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title: מוֹרָד — descent · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹרָד (4174), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: descent. BDB 1906: descent, slope. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹרָד

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«מוֹרָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **descent** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4174 · **BDB:** מוֹרָד

### Glosses

the.descent (2); a.descent (1); descent (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

descent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4174/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

descent, slope [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4174/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] descent, slope; abs. מו׳ Mi 1:4 + 2 times; cstr. מוֹרַד Jos 10:11 Je 48:5;— descent, slope, as designation of locality Jos 7:5; 10:11 (בְּמ׳ בֵּית־חוֹרֹן; both JE); בְּמ׳ חֹרוֹנַיִם Je 48:5; + חֹרֹנַיִם בַּמּוֹרָד ins. in 2 S 13:34 𝔊 We Dr; in gen. כְּמַיִם מֻגָּרִים בְּמוֹרָד Mi 1:4. מַעֲשֵׂה מוֹרָ֑ד 1 K 7:29 work of descent, i.e. hanging-work (VB).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹרָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4174/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 48:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.5/)

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כִּ֚י מַעֲלֵ֣ה הַלּוּחִ֔יתבִּבְכִ֖י יַֽעֲלֶה־בֶּ֑כִי כִּ֚י בְּמוֹרַ֣ד חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם צָרֵ֥י צַֽעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.ascent of.(the) Luhith with weeping someone.will.ascend weeping (dm) on the.descent of.Horonaim \[the\].distresses of.the.cry.of.distress of.destruction people.will.hear

*JPS 1917:* For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction.

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[Micah 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.4/)

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וְנָמַ֤סּוּ הֶֽהָרִים֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו וְהָעֲמָקִ֖ים יִתְבַּקָּ֑עוּ כַּדּוֹנַג֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הָאֵ֔שׁ כְּמַ֖יִם מֻגָּרִ֥ים בְּמוֹרָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.melt the mountains under him and the valleys they.will.be.cleft like (the) wax from before the fire like water poured.out on a.descent

*JPS 1917:* And the mountains shall be molten under Him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.

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