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title: מֵישָׁא — Mesha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵישָׁא (4331), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Mesha. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵישָׁא

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«מֵישָׁא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mesha** — 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:** 4331 · **BDB:** מֵישָׁא

### Glosses

Mesha (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mesha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4331/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4331/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. of Benjamite in Moab 1 Ch 8:9. 𝔊 Μισα; A Μωσα.

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵישָׁא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4331/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.9/)

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וַיּ֖וֹלֶד מִן־חֹ֣דֶשׁ אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ אֶת־יוֹבָב֙ וְאֶת־צִבְיָ֔א וְאֶת־מֵישָׁ֖א וְאֶת־מַלְכָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.fathered from Hodesh wife his (et) Jobab and (et) Zibia and (et) Mesha and (et) Malkam

*JPS 1917:* he begot of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam;

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