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title: מָחוֹז — city · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָחוֹז (4231), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: city. BDB 1906: city. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָחוֹז

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«מָחוֹז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **city** — 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:** 4231 · **BDB:** מָחוֹז

### Glosses

the.harbor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

city [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4231/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

city [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4231/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] city (Assyrian loan-word; from maḫâzu, city, Asrb.Annals iii. 115 and often; v. DlHWB 271; cf. 𝔗 מָחוֹזָא market-place, province, ܡܳܚܽܘܙܳܐ small town)—only cstr. וַיַּנְחֵם אֶל־מְחוֹז חֶפְצָם ψ 107:30 and he guided them unto the city of their desire.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «מָחוֹז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4231/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.30/)

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וַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּ כִֽי־יִשְׁתֹּ֑קוּ וַ֝יַּנְחֵ֗ם אֶל־מְח֥וֹז חֶפְצָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.rejoiced (dm) they.were.quiet and he guided.them to the.harbor their.desire their

*JPS 1917:* Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.

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