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title: מַחְסֶּה — refuge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחְסֶּה (4268), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: refuge. BDB 1906: n.m. refuge, shelter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחְסֶּה

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«מַחְסֶּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **refuge** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 4268 · **BDB:** מַחְסֶה

### Glosses

refuge (10); \[is\].a.refuge (2); a.refuge (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

refuge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4268/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. refuge, shelter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4268/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 14:26 refuge, shelter;—abs. מַ׳ Jb 24:8 + 5 times; מַחֲסֶה ψ 46:2 + 2 times; cstr. מַחְסֵּה Is 28:17; sf. מַחְסִּי ψ 62:8 + 5 times; מַחֲסִי ψ 71:7 Je 17:17, מַחְסֵּהוּ ψ 14:6, מַחְסֵּנוּ Is 28:15;—shelter: from rain and storm Is 4:6; 25:4; Jb 24:8. from danger סְלָעִים מַחְסֶּה לַשְׁפַנִּים rocks a refuge for conies ψ 104:18; מחסה כזב refuge of falsehood Is 28:17; כזב מחסנוּ falsehood our refuge Is 28:15; elsewhere of God as the refuge of his people ψ 14:6; 46:2; 61:4; 62:8, 9; 71:7; 73:28; 91:2, 9; 94:22; 142:6; Pr 14:26; Je 17:17; Jo 4:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «מַחְסֶּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4268/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 14:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.14.6/)

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עֲצַת־עָנִ֥י תָבִ֑ישׁוּ כִּ֖י יְהוָ֣ה מַחְסֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].plan of.\[the\].poor you.will.put.to.shame (dm) Yahweh refuge \[is\].his

*JPS 1917:* Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.

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[Psalms 91:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.9/)

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כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן שַׂ֣מְתָּ מְעוֹנֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you Yahweh refuge my the.Most.High you.have.made place your.dwelling

*JPS 1917:* For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation.

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