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title: מֵישָׁע — Mesha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵישָׁע (4337), 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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# מֵישָׁע

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«מֵישָׁע» 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:** 4337 · **BDB:** מֵישָׁע

### Glosses

\[were\].Mesha (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mesha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4337/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4337/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (deliverance)—son of Caleb 1 Ch 2:42, 𝔊 Μαρεισα, 𝔖L Μουσα.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵישָׁע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4337/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.42/)

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וּבְנֵ֤י כָלֵב֙ אֲחִ֣י יְרַחְמְאֵ֔ל מֵישָׁ֥ע בְּכֹר֖וֹ ה֣וּא אֲבִי־זִ֑יף וּבְנֵ֥י מָרֵשָׁ֖ה אֲבִ֥י חֶבְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Caleb the.brother of.Jerahmeel \[were\].Mesha firstborn his he \[was\].the.father of.Ziph and the.sons of.Mareshah \[were\].the.father of.Hebron

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

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