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title: מֶחְקָר — range · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶחְקָר (4278), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: range. BDB 1906: n.m. range. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶחְקָר

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«מֶחְקָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **range** — 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:** 4278 · **BDB:** מֶחְקָר

### Glosses

\[the\].depths (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

range [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4278/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. range [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4278/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. range (as place to be explored), מֶחְקְרֵי־אָ֑רֶץ ψ 95:4 (cf. חֵקֶר Jb 38:16).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶחְקָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4278/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 95:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.95.4/)

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אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ מֶחְקְרֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְתוֹעֲפ֖וֹת הָרִ֣ים לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* whom \[are\].in hand his \[the\].depths of.\[the\].earth and.\[the\] peaks of.\[the\].mountains \[belong\].to him

*JPS 1917:* In whose hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are His also.

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