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title: מָחוֹל — dance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָחוֹל (4234), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: dance. BDB 1906: n.m. dance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָחוֹל

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«מָחוֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dance** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4234 · **BDB:** מָחוֹל

### Glosses

dancing (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4234/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4234/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. La 5:15 dance;—abs. מ׳ ψ 30:12 + 3 times; cstr. מְחוֹל Je 31:4; מְחוֹלֵנוּ La 5:15;—dance, token of joyousness ψ 30:12 (opp. מספד), Je 31:4, 13 (cf. v b), La 5:15 (opp. אֵבֶל); act of praise to י׳ ψ 149:3; 150:4; accompanied by timbrel (תֹּף) and sometimes other instruments ψ 149:3, 4 Je 31:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָחוֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4234/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.15/)

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שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.has.ceased the.joy our.heart our it.has.been.changed into mourning dancing our

*JPS 1917:* The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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[Psalms 149:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.3/)

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יְהַֽלְל֣וּ שְׁמ֣וֹ בְמָח֑וֹל בְּתֹ֥ף וְ֝כִנּ֗וֹר יְזַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* let.them.praise name his with dancing with tambourine and harp let.them.make.music to him

*JPS 1917:* Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp.

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