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title: מַטְאֲטֵא — broom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַטְאֲטֵא (4292), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: broom. BDB 1906: broom, besom. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַטְאֲטֵא

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«מַטְאֲטֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **broom** — 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:** 4292 · **BDB:** מַטְאֲטֵא

### Glosses

a.broom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

broom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4292/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

broom, besom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4292/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] broom, besom, only Is 14:23, v. foregoing.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (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 «מַטְאֲטֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4292/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 14:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.23/)

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֛יהָ לְמוֹרַ֥שׁ קִפֹּ֖ד וְאַגְמֵי־מָ֑יִם וְטֵֽאטֵאתִ֙יהָ֙ בְּמַטְאֲטֵ֣א הַשְׁמֵ֔ד נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃פ

*Word for word:* and I will.make.it (into).a possession of.hedgehog\[s\] and pools of.water and I will.sweep.it.away with a.broom of.destruction the.utterance of.Yahweh of.hosts

*JPS 1917:* I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

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