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title: מַזְמֵרָה — pruning-knife · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַזְמֵרָה (4211), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: pruning-knife. BDB 1906: n.f. pruning-knife. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַזְמֵרָה

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«מַזְמֵרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pruning-knife** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4211 · **BDB:** מַזִמֵרָה

### Glosses

pruning.knives (2); knives (1); your.pruning (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pruning-knife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4211/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pruning-knife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4211/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pruning-knife, only pl. וְכָרַת הַזַּלְזַלִּים בַּמַּזְמֵרוֹת Is 18:5; לְמַזְמֵרוֹת Is 2:4 Mi 4:3 (both ‖ לְאִתִּים); וּמַזְמֵרֹתֵיכֶם Jo 4:10 (‖ אִתֵּיכֶם).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַזְמֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4211/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.4.10/)

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כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* beat plowshares your into swords and your.pruning knives into spears the.weak \[man\] let.him.say \[am\].a.warrior I

*JPS 1917:* Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'

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[Isaiah 18:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.18.5/)

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כִּֽי־לִפְנֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ כְּתָם־פֶּ֔רַח וּבֹ֥סֶר גֹּמֵ֖ל יִֽהְיֶ֣ה נִצָּ֑ה וְכָרַ֤ת הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙ בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹת וְאֶת־הַנְּטִישׁ֖וֹת הֵסִ֥יר הֵתַֽז׃

*Word for word:* (dm) before harvest just as.is.finished bud\[s\] and unripe.grape\[s\] ripening it.will.become blossom and he.will.cut.off the shoots with.(the) pruning knives and (et) the tendrils he.will.remove he.will.cut.away

*JPS 1917:* For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.

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