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title: מִישׁוֹר — level place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִישׁוֹר (4334), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: level place. BDB 1906: n.m. level place, uprightness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִישׁוֹר

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«מִישׁוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **level place** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 23 times · **Key:** 4334 · **BDB:** מִישׁוֹר

### Glosses

plain (6); ground (5); the.plain (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

level place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4334/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. level place, uprightness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4334/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 48:8 level place, uprightness;—מ׳ ψ 27:11 + 9 times; מִישֹׁר Zc 4:7 (v. Baer) + 12 times;— 3 antith. הר(ים) 1 K 20:23, 25 Zc 4:7; עָקֹב Is 40:4; מַעֲקַשִּׁים 42:16; + שְׁפֵלָה 2 Ch 26:10; ‖ עֵמֶק Je 21:13; הַמִּישׁוֹר specifically of the elevated plateau or 3 between the Arnon and Heshbon Dt 3:10; 4:43 Jos 13:9, 16, 17, 21; 20:8 Je 48:8, 21. level place (free from obstacles), fig. for place of safety, comfort, and prosperity ψ 26:12; ארח מ׳ 27:11; אֶרֶץ מ׳ 143:10. uprightness (cf. מֵישָׁר 2), in government ψ 67:5; שֵׁבֶט מ׳ 45:7; ‖ צֶדֶק Is 11:4; שָׁלוֹם Mal 2:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִישׁוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4334/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 26:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.26.12/)

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רַ֭גְלִי עָֽמְדָ֣ה בְמִישׁ֑וֹר בְּ֝מַקְהֵלִ֗ים אֲבָרֵ֥ךְ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* foot my it.has.stood on level.ground in assemblies I.will.bless Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

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[Psalms 45:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.7/)

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כִּסְאֲךָ֣ אֱ֭לֹהִים עוֹלָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד שֵׁ֥בֶט מִ֝ישֹׁ֗ר שֵׁ֣בֶט מַלְכוּתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* throne your O.God \[is\].forever and ever \[is\].a.scepter of.uprightness the.scepter your.kingdom your

*JPS 1917:* Thy throne given of God is for ever and ever; a sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

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