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title: מַחְצֵב — hewing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחְצֵב (4274), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: hewing. BDB 1906: hewing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחְצֵב

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«מַחְצֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hewing** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4274 · **BDB:** מַחְצֵב

### Glosses

of.hewing (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hewing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4274/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hewing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4274/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hewing, always אַבְנֵי מ׳ = hewn stones 2 K 12:13; 22:6 = 2 Ch 34:11 (in all ‖ עֵצִים).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחְצֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4274/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 22:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.6/)

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לֶחָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וְלַבֹּנִ֖ים וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑ים וְלִקְנ֤וֹת עֵצִים֙ וְאַבְנֵ֣י מַחְצֵ֔ב לְחַזֵּ֖ק אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃

*Word for word:* to the craftsmen and to the builders and to the wall-builders and to acquire wood(s) and stones of.hewing to repair (et) the house

*JPS 1917:* unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.' —

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[2 Chronicles 34:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.11/)

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וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ לֶחָֽרָשִׁים֙ וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים לִקְנוֹת֙ אַבְנֵ֣י מַחְצֵ֔ב וְעֵצִ֖ים לַֽמְחַבְּר֑וֹת וּלְקָרוֹת֙ אֶת־הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִשְׁחִ֖יתוּ מַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.gave.\[it\] to the craftsmen and to the builders to acquire stones of.hewing and wood(s) for the clamps and to make.beams.for (et) the houses which they.had.ruined the.kings of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

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