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title: מַכְבֵּר — a netted cloth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַכְבֵּר (4346), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a netted cloth. BDB 1906: netted cloth or coverlet. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַכְבֵּר

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«מַכְבֵּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a netted cloth** — 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:** 4346 · **BDB:** מַכְבֵּר

### Glosses

coverlet (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a netted cloth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4346/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

netted cloth or coverlet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4346/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a netted cloth or coverlet; 2 K 8:15 of the cloth which Hazael dipped in water, and spread over Ben-hadad’s face to smother him.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַכְבֵּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4346/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 8:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.15/)

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וַיְהִ֣י מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת וַיִּקַּ֤ח הַמַּכְבֵּר֙ וַיִּטְבֹּ֣ל בַּמַּ֔יִם וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ עַל־פָּנָ֖יו וַיָּמֹ֑ת וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ חֲזָהאֵ֖ל תַּחְתָּֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was from.\[the\] next.day and he.took the coverlet and he.dipped.\[it\] in (the) water and he.spread.\[it\].out over face his and he.died and he.became.king Hazael in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his stead.

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