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title: מַטְוֶה — that which is spun · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַטְוֶה (4299), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: that which is spun. BDB 1906: that which is spun, yarn. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַטְוֶה

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«מַטְוֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **that which is spun** — 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:** 4299 · **BDB:** מַטְוֶה

### Glosses

that.which.was.spun (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

that which is spun [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4299/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

that which is spun, yarn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4299/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] that which is spun, yarn, Ex 35:25 (P).

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַטְוֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4299/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 35:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.35.25/)

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וְכָל־אִשָּׁ֥ה חַכְמַת־לֵ֖ב בְּיָדֶ֣יהָ טָו֑וּ וַיָּבִ֣יאוּ מַטְוֶ֗ה אֶֽת־הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וְאֶת־הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן אֶת־תּוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וְאֶת־הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and every woman skillful of.heart with hands her they.spun and they.brought that.which.was.spun (et) the.violet stuff and (et) the purple (et) the.scarlet.stuff of the.scarlet and (et) the.fine linen

*JPS 1917:* And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

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