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title: מַחֲבַת — flat plate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲבַת (4227), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: flat plate. BDB 1906: n.f. flat plate, pan griddle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲבַת

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«מַחֲבַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flat plate** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4227 · **BDB:** מַחֲבַת

### Glosses

a.baking.tray (3); cake (1); tray (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flat plate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4227/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. flat plate, pan griddle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4227/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. flat plate, pan, or griddle for baking, only P and late; abs. מ׳ Lv 2:5 + 2 times; מַחֲבַ֑ת Lv 7:9; cstr. מַחֲבַת Ez 4:3;— used in preparing the (baken) mincha, preceded by עַל־ Lv 2:5; 6:14; 7:9 (all P), cf. 1 Ch 23:29. מ׳ בַּרְזֶל Ez 4:3 a plate of iron, signifying an iron wall, in prediction of siege of city.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «מַחֲבַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4227/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.5/)

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וְאִם־מִנְחָ֥ה עַל־הַֽמַּחֲבַ֖ת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֛לֶת בְּלוּלָ֥ה בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן מַצָּ֥ה תִהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and if \[is\].a.grain.offering on the.baking tray present your fine.flour mixed with (the) oil unleavened.bread(s) it.will.be

*JPS 1917:* And if thy offering be a meal-offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

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[Leviticus 6:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.14/)

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עַֽל־מַחֲבַ֗ת בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶן תֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה מֻרְבֶּ֣כֶת תְּבִיאֶ֑נָּה תֻּפִינֵי֙ מִנְחַ֣ת פִּתִּ֔ים תַּקְרִ֥יב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* on a.baking.tray with (the) oil it.will.be.made mixed.\[dough\] you will.bring.it broken.pieces of.a.grain.offering of.crumbs you.will.present an.odor of.soothing to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* On a griddle it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in; in broken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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