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title: מֵישַׁע — Mesha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵישַׁע (4338), 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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# מֵישַׁע

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«מֵישַׁע» 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:** 4338 · **BDB:** מֵישַׁע

### Glosses

Mesha (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mesha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4338/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4338/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (deliverance)—Mesha, king of Moab 2 K 3:4 = משע MI 1; 𝔊 Μωσα.—v. Sm and SoMI, 1886 DrSm lxxxv ff.

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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, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵישַׁע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4338/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.3.4/)

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וּמֵישַׁ֥ע מֶֽלֶךְ־מוֹאָ֖ב הָיָ֣ה נֹקֵ֑ד וְהֵשִׁ֤יב לְמֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאָה־אֶ֣לֶף כָּרִ֔ים וּמֵ֥אָה אֶ֖לֶף אֵילִ֥ים צָֽמֶר׃

*Word for word:* and Mesha the.king of.Moab he.was a.sheep-breeder and he.returned to the.king of.Israel one.hundred thousand lambs and one.hundred thousand rams wool

*JPS 1917:* Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.

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