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title: מַחֲזֶה — vision · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲזֶה (4236), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: vision. BDB 1906: vision. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲזֶה

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«מַחֲזֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vision** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4236 · **BDB:** מַחֲזֶה

### Glosses

(the).vision (1); \[one.who\].(the).vision (1); a.vision (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4236/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4236/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] vision—abs. מ׳ Gn 15:1; cstr. מַחֲזֵה Nu 24:4, 16 Ez 13:7;—vision, in the ecstatic state מַחֲזֵה שָׁוְא (‖ מִקְסַם כָּזָב) Ez 13:7 of the false prophets; מַחֲזֵה שַׁדַּי Nu 24:4, 16 (JE; poems of Balaam); הָיָה דְבַר י׳ אֶל־אַבְרָם בַּמַּחֲזֶה Gn 15:1 (R) the word of י׳ came unto Abram in a vision.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲזֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4236/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 24:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.4/)

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נְאֻ֕ם שֹׁמֵ֖עַ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר מַחֲזֵ֤ה שַׁדַּי֙ יֶֽחֱזֶ֔ה נֹפֵ֖ל וּגְל֥וּי עֵינָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* the.utterance of.\[one.who\].hears the.words of.God who (the).vision of.\[the\].Almighty he.sees \[who\].falls.down and \[who.is\].uncovered of.eyes

*JPS 1917:* The saying of him who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:

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[Numbers 24:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.16/)

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נְאֻ֗ם שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֔ל וְיֹדֵ֖עַ דַּ֣עַת עֶלְי֑וֹן מַחֲזֵ֤ה שַׁדַּי֙ יֶֽחֱזֶ֔ה נֹפֵ֖ל וּגְל֥וּי עֵינָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* the.utterance of.\[one.who\].hears the.words of.God and \[one.who\].knows the.knowledge of.the.Most.High \[one.who\].(the).vision of.\[the\].Almighty he.sees \[who\].falls.down and \[who.is\].uncovered of.eyes

*JPS 1917:* The saying of him who heareth the words of God, and knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:

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