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title: מֵיתָר — cord · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵיתָר (4340), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: cord. BDB 1906: n.m. cord, string. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵיתָר

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«מֵיתָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cord** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 4340 · **BDB:** מֵיתָר

### Glosses

tent-cords (8); bowstrings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cord [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4340/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cord, string [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4340/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. cord, string (cf. ii. יֶתֶר); of tent-cords מֵתָרַי Je 10:20; מֵיתָרַיִךְ Is 54:2; specif. of cords of tabernacle, מֵיתָרָיו Ex 39:40 Nu 3:26; מֵיתְרֵיהֶם Ex 35:18 Nu 3:37; 4:26, 32 (all P); of bow-strings מֵיתָרֶיךָ ψ 21:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵיתָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4340/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 21:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.21.13/)

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כִּ֭י תְּשִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ שֶׁ֑כֶם בְּ֝מֵֽיתָרֶ֗יךָ תְּכוֹנֵ֥ן עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you will.make.them a.shoulder on bowstrings your you.will.prepare on faces their

*JPS 1917:* For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.

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[Exodus 35:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.35.18/)

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אֶת־יִתְדֹ֧ת הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן וְאֶת־יִתְדֹ֥ת הֶחָצֵ֖ר וְאֶת־מֵיתְרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* (et) the.tent.pegs of the.tabernacle and (et) the.tent.pegs of the.courtyard and (et) tent-cords their

*JPS 1917:* the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;

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