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title: מוֹשָׁב — seat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹשָׁב (4186), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 44 times: seat. BDB 1906: n.m. seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹשָׁב

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«מוֹשָׁב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **seat** — 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:** 44 times · **Key:** 4186 · **BDB:** מוֹשָׁב

### Glosses

places (12); seat (5); of.dwelling (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

seat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4186/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4186/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 K 2:19 seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers;—abs. מ׳ ψ 107:4 + 4 times; cstr. מוֹשַׁב Ex 12:40 + 9 times; sf. מוֹשָׁבִי Jb 29:7 etc.; pl. cstr. מוֹשְׁבֵי Ez 34:13; sf. 2 mpl. מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם etc. Ex 12:20 + 11 times; sf. 3 mpl. מוֹשְׁבֹתָם etc. 10:23 + 5 times; מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיהֶם Ez 37:23, but read מְשׁוּב׳ their apostasies 𝔊 Comm., see VB; מוֹשְׁבוֹתֵיהֶם Ez 6:14;— seat 1 S 20:18, 25(×2) Jb 29:7; fig. מ׳ אלהים יָשַׁבְתִּי Ez 28:2. sitting = those sitting, sitting company or assembly, מוֹשַׁב עֲבָדָיו 1 K 10:5 (‖ מַעֲמַד מְשָֽׁרְתָיו) = 2 Ch 9:4; so ψ 1:1; 107:32 (‖ קהל). dwelling-place of people, tribe, etc., often = territory, district, or, later city; Gn 10:30; 27:39 (both J), Ex 10:23 (E), Nu 24:21 (JE), Gn 36:43 (P), Ez 6:14; 48:15; 1 Ch 4:33; 6:39; 7:28; מ׳ הָאָרֶץ Ez 34:13 = habitable places of the land; distinct from city עָרֵיהֶם בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָם Nu 31:10, cf. Ez 6:6, but also עִיר מוֹשָׁב ψ 107:4, 7, 36; of Zion as מ׳ י׳ 132:13. alm. = abstr. dwelling בֵּית מוֹשַׁב עִיר Lv 25:29 (P); אֶרֶץ מ׳ Nu 15:2 land of your dwelling-place or dwelling (P). = house Ex 12:20 (‖ ביה v 19), 35:3; Lv 3:17; 7:26; 13:46; 23:3, 14, 21, 31; Nu 35:29 (all P), Lv 23:17 (H). situation of city 2 K 2:19; location of image Ez 8:3. time of dwelling Ex 12:40 (P). coll. = those dwelling, כֹּל מוֹשַׁב וגו׳ 2 S 9:12 all those dwelling in the house of Ṣiba—Ez 37:23 v. supr. and מְשׁוּבָה sub שׁוּב.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 43 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 «מוֹשָׁב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4186/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.36/)

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וַיּ֣וֹשֶׁב שָׁ֣ם רְעֵבִ֑ים וַ֝יְכוֹנְנ֗וּ עִ֣יר מוֹשָֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* and he.caused.to.dwell there hungry.\[people\] and they.established a.city of.dwelling

*JPS 1917:* And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

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[Exodus 12:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.20/)

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כָּל־מַחְמֶ֖צֶת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ בְּכֹל֙ מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצּֽוֹת׃פ

*Word for word:* any thing.leavened not you.will.eat in all places your.dwelling you.will.eat unleavened.bread(s)

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.'

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