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title: מֶחֱזָה — light · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶחֱזָה (4237), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: light. BDB 1906: n.f. light, place of seeing, window. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶחֱזָה

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«מֶחֱזָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **light** — 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:** 4237 · **BDB:** מֶחֱזָה

### Glosses

window (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

light [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4237/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. light, place of seeing, window [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4237/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. light, place of seeing, window, מֶחֱזָה אֶל־מֶחֱזָה light over against light 1 K 7:4(×2), 5(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶחֱזָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4237/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.4/)

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וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה טוּרִ֑ים וּמֶחֱזָ֥ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and window.frames three rows and window \[was\].to window three times

*JPS 1917:* And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks.

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[1 Kings 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.5/)

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וְכָל־הַפְּתָחִ֥ים וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹת רְבֻעִ֣ים שָׁ֑קֶף וּמ֧וּל מֶחֱזָ֛ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and all the openings and the doorposts \[were\].square frame-work and.\[the\] front window \[was\].to window three times

*JPS 1917:* And all the doors with their posts were square in the frame; and light was over against light in three ranks.

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