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title: מְזוּזָה — door-post · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְזוּזָה (4201), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: door-post. BDB 1906: n.f. door-post, gate-post. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְזוּזָה

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«מְזוּזָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **door-post** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 4201 · **BDB:** מְזוּזָה

### Glosses

doorposts (7); doorpost (4); the.doorpost (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

door-post [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4201/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. door-post, gate-post [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4201/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. door-post, gate-post, abs. מ׳ Ex 21:6 Is 57:8; cstr. מְזוּזַת 1 S 1:9 Ez 46:2 + Ez 41:21 (del. 𝔖 Co cf. 𝔊 Hi), 45:19(×2) (in both מְזוּזוֹת 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Co); sf. מְזוּזָתִי Ez 43:8, מְזוּזָתָם v 8; pl. מְזוּזוֹת 1 K 6:31 + 2 times (+ Ez 45:19(×2) Co v. supr.), מְזוּזֹת Ex 12:7 + 4 times; מְזֻזוֹת Dt 6:9 Ju 16:3;—door-post, gate-post, of dwelling-house Ex 12:7 (P), v 22, 23; 21:6 (all JE), Dt 6:9; 11:20 cf. Is 57:8; also מ׳ פְּתָחָ֑י Pr 8:34, מְזוּזָתָם Ez 43:8; of Sol.’s house 1 K 7:5. of house of י׳: of the pre-Solomonic sanctuary of י׳ 1 S 1:9. of Sol.’s temple 1 K 6:33; of the דְּבִיר v 31. of Ezek.’s temple Ez 41:21 (del. Co v. supr.), 43:8 (מְזוּזָתִי), מ׳ הַבַּיִת Ez 45:19, מ׳ שַׁעַר v 19, cf. 46:2. of city-gates Ju 16:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְזוּזָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4201/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.9/)

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וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּזֹ֥ת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃ס

*Word for word:* and you will.write.them on the.doorposts your.house your and on gates your

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

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[Deuteronomy 11:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.11.20/)

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וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּז֥וֹת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you will.write.them on the.doorposts your.house your and on gates your

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;

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