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title: מַחֲלַת — ‘Machalath’ · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲלַת (4257), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: ‘Machalath’. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲלַת

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«מַחֲלַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **‘Machalath’** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4257 · **BDB:** מַחֲלַת

### Glosses

machalath (1); machalath- (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

‘Machalath’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4257/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4257/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. only in ψ titles עַל־מ׳ ψ 53:1; 88:1; appar. a catchword in a song, giving name to tune; meaning dub.; Aq. Symm. 𝔙 מְחֹלֹת dance; v. Ol Psalmen, p. 27 Bae Psalmen, p. xviii.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲלַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4257/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 53:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.53.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־מָחֲלַ֗ת מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on machalath a.poem of David

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; upon Mahalath. Maschil of David.

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[Psalms 88:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.1/)

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שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃

*Word for word:* a.song a.psalm of the.sons of.Korah to the choirmaster on machalath- leannoth a.poem of Heman the Ezrachite

*JPS 1917:* A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

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