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title: מָחוֹל — Mahol · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָחוֹל (4235), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Mahol. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָחוֹל

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«מָחוֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mahol** — 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:** 4235 · **BDB:** מָחוֹל³

### Glosses

of.Mahol (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mahol [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4235/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4235/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Heman, etc., 1 K 5:11, 𝔊 Μαλ, A Μαουλ, 𝔊L Μααλα.

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1502/4235/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.5.11/)

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וַיֶּחְכַּם֮ מִכָּל־הָֽאָדָם֒ מֵאֵיתָ֣ן הָאֶזְרָחִ֗י וְהֵימָ֧ן וְכַלְכֹּ֛ל וְדַרְדַּ֖ע בְּנֵ֣י מָח֑וֹל וַיְהִֽי־שְׁמ֥וֹ בְכָֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* and he.was.wise more than.any (the) human more than.Ethan the Ezrachite and Heman and Kalkol and Darda the.sons of.Mahol and it.was name his among all the nations around

*JPS 1917:* For he was wiser than all men: than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.

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