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title: מוֹרָשׁ — a possession · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹרָשׁ (4180), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a possession. BDB 1906: possession. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹרָשׁ

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«מוֹרָשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a possession** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4180 · **BDB:** מוֹרָשׁ

### Glosses

possession (1); possessions (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4180/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4180/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a possession;—cstr. מוֹרַשׁ קִפֹּד Is 14:23 a possession for bitterns; וְיָֽרְשׁוּ בֵּית יַעֲקֹב אֵת מוֹרָשֵׁיהֶם Ob 17 and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions (but read perhaps מורישׁיהם their dispossessors, 𝔊 𝔙 𝔗 al.); fig. מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִי Jb 17:11, i.e. my cherished thoughts (‖ זִמּוֹתַי), but fig. is questionable, v. Di, who derives from ארשׁ desire, so Buhl.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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 «מוֹרָשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4180/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Obadiah 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.17/)

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וּבְהַ֥ר צִיּ֛וֹן תִּהְיֶ֥ה פְלֵיטָ֖ה וְהָ֣יָה קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְיָֽרְשׁוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב אֵ֖ת מוֹרָֽשֵׁיהֶם׃

*Word for word:* and on the.mountain of.Zion it.will.be deliverance and it.will.be a.holy.place and they.will.take.possession.of the.house Jacob (et) possessions their

*JPS 1917:* But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

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[Isaiah 14:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.23/)

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֛יהָ לְמוֹרַ֥שׁ קִפֹּ֖ד וְאַגְמֵי־מָ֑יִם וְטֵֽאטֵאתִ֙יהָ֙ בְּמַטְאֲטֵ֣א הַשְׁמֵ֔ד נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃פ

*Word for word:* and I will.make.it (into).a possession of.hedgehog\[s\] and pools of.water and I will.sweep.it.away with a.broom of.destruction the.utterance of.Yahweh of.hosts

*JPS 1917:* I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

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