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title: מָזוֹן — food · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָזוֹן (4202), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: food. BDB 1906: n.m. food, sustenance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָזוֹן

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«מָזוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **food** — 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:** 4202 · **BDB:** מָזוֹן

### Glosses

provision\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

food [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4202/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. food, sustenance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4202/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. food, sustenance (so Talm Biblical Aramaic Syriac)—בָּר וָלֶחֶם וּמָזוֹן Gn 45:23 (Di ‘מ׳ rather an Aramaic word; perhaps later gloss for orig. צֵדָה v 21; 42:25’); הַמָּזוֹן לָרֹב 2 Ch 11:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָזוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4202/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 45:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.45.23/)

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וּלְאָבִ֞יו שָׁלַ֤ח כְּזֹאת֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה חֲמֹרִ֔ים נֹשְׂאִ֖ים מִטּ֣וּב מִצְרָ֑יִם וְעֶ֣שֶׂר אֲתֹנֹ֡ת נֹֽ֠שְׂאֹת בָּ֣ר וָלֶ֧חֶם וּמָז֛וֹן לְאָבִ֖יו לַדָּֽרֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and to father his he.sent according to.this ten donkeys carrying some of.the.good.thing\[s\] of.Egypt and ten female.donkeys carrying grain and food and provision\[s\] for father his for the journey

*JPS 1917:* And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way.

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[2 Chronicles 11:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.11.23/)

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וַיָּבֶן֩ וַיִּפְרֹ֨ץ מִכָּל־בָּנָ֜יו לְֽכָל־אַרְצ֧וֹת יְהוּדָ֣ה וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן לְכֹל֙ עָרֵ֣י הַמְּצֻר֔וֹת וַיִּתֵּ֥ן לָהֶ֛ם הַמָּז֖וֹן לָרֹ֑ב וַיִּשְׁאַ֖ל הֲמ֥וֹן נָשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* and he.acted.wisely and he.distributed some of.all sons his to all the.lands of.Judah and Benjamin to all the.cities of.(the) fortifications and he.gave to them (the) provision\[s\] to abundance and he.sought a.multitude of.wives

*JPS 1917:* And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city; and he gave them victual in abundance. And he sought for them many wives.

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