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title: מִיכָל — brook · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִיכָל (4323), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: brook. BDB 1906: brook, stream. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִיכָל

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«מִיכָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brook** — 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:** 4323 · **BDB:** מִיכָל

### Glosses

the.brook (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brook [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4323/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

brook, stream [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4323/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] brook, stream(?) (dubious word, cf. Drad loc. HPS), cstr. מִיכַל הַמָּ֑יִם 2 S 17:20.

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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 (2 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 «מִיכָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4323/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 17:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.20/)

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וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ עַבְדֵי֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁ֜ה הַבַּ֗יְתָה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אַיֵּ֗ה אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ וִיה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה עָבְר֖וּ מִיכַ֣ל הַמָּ֑יִם וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֔אוּ וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.came the.servants of.Absalom to the woman to the house and they.said where? \[are\].Ahimaaz and Jonathan and she.said to them the woman they.have.passed.over the.brook of.(the) water and they.sought.\[them\] and not they.found.\[them\] and they.returned Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said: 'Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' And the woman said unto them: 'They are gone over the brook of water.' And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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