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title: מְחִלָּה — hole · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְחִלָּה (4247), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hole. BDB 1906: n.f. hole. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְחִלָּה

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«מְחִלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hole** — 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:** 4247 · **BDB:** מְחִלָּה

### Glosses

holes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hole [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4247/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hole [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4247/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hole, מְחִלּוֹת עָפָר holes of the dust Is 2:19 (‖ מְעָרוֹת צֻרִים cause of the rocks).

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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 (9 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 «מְחִלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4247/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 2:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.2.19/)

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וּבָ֙אוּ֙ בִּמְעָר֣וֹת צֻרִ֔ים וּבִמְחִלּ֖וֹת עָפָ֑ר מִפְּנֵ֞י פַּ֤חַד יְהוָה֙ וּמֵהֲדַ֣ר גְּאוֹנ֔וֹ בְּקוּמ֖וֹ לַעֲרֹ֥ץ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and people.will.go in caves of.\[the\].rocks and in holes of.\[the\].ground from before the.dread of.Yahweh and from the.splendor his.majesty his when arises he to terrify the earth

*JPS 1917:* And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of His majesty, when He ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

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