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title: מְחוּגָה — circle-instrument · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְחוּגָה (4230), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: circle-instrument. BDB 1906: n.f. circle-instrument, compass. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְחוּגָה

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«מְחוּגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **circle-instrument** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4230 · **BDB:** מְחוּגָה

### Glosses

compass (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

circle-instrument [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4230/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. circle-instrument, compass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4230/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. circle-instrument, compass, used by carvers of idols וּבַמְּחוּגָה יְתָֽאֳרֵ֑הוּ Is 44:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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 «מְחוּגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4230/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 44:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.13/)

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חָרַ֣שׁ עֵצִים֮ נָ֣טָה קָו֒ יְתָאֲרֵ֣הוּ בַשֶּׂ֔רֶד יַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ בַּמַּקְצֻע֔וֹת וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖ה יְתָאֳרֵ֑הוּ וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּתַבְנִ֣ית אִ֔ישׁ כְּתִפְאֶ֥רֶת אָדָ֖ם לָשֶׁ֥בֶת בָּֽיִת׃

*Word for word:* a.craftsman of.wood(s) he.stretches.out a.measuring-line he outlines.it with (the) marker he works.it with.(the) scraping tools and with (the) compass he outlines.it and he made.it like.\[the\] form of.a.man like.\[the\] beauty of.a.man to dwell a.house

*JPS 1917:* The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house.

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