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title: מִכְבָּר — grating · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְבָּר (4345), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: grating. BDB 1906: n.m. grating lattice-work. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְבָּר

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«מִכְבָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **grating** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4345 · **BDB:** מִכְבָּר

### Glosses

the.grating (4); a.grating (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grating [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4345/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. grating lattice-work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4345/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. grating or lattice-work, cstr. מִכְבַּר;—Ex 27:4 and thou shalt make for it (the alter of burnt-offering in the tab.) מִכְבָּר מַעֲשֵׂה רֶשֶׁת נְחשֶׁת a grating, (even) a network of bronze, which surrounded the lower half of the altar (v 5b): so 38:4; מִכְבַּר הַנְּחשֶׁת 35:16; 38:5, 30; 39:39.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְבָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4345/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 38:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.5/)

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וַיִּצֹ֞ק אַרְבַּ֧ע טַבָּעֹ֛ת בְּאַרְבַּ֥ע הַקְּצָוֺ֖ת לְמִכְבַּ֣ר הַנְּחֹ֑שֶׁת בָּתִּ֖ים לַבַּדִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.cast four rings on the.four the ends for the.grating of.(the) bronze holders for the poles

*JPS 1917:* And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be holders for the staves.

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[Exodus 38:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.4/)

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וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ מִכְבָּ֔ר מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֶ֣שֶׁת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת תַּ֧חַת כַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹ מִלְּמַ֖טָּה עַד־חֶצְיֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.made for the altar a.grating a.work of.a.net of.bronze under ledge its from to downwards to middle its

*JPS 1917:* And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.

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