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title: מִכְוָה — burnt-spot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְוָה (4348), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: burnt-spot. BDB 1906: n.f. burnt-spot, scar of burn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְוָה

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«מִכְוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burnt-spot** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4348 · **BDB:** מִכְוָה

### Glosses

the.burn (3); a.burn (1); burn (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burnt-spot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4348/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. burnt-spot, scar of burn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4348/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. burnt-spot, scar of a burn; מִכְוַת־אֵשׁ Lv 13:24; מִכְוָה v 24, 25, 28(×2) (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4348/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.24/)

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א֣וֹ בָשָׂ֔ר כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה בְעֹר֖וֹ מִכְוַת־אֵ֑שׁ וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה מִֽחְיַ֣ת הַמִּכְוָ֗ה בַּהֶ֛רֶת לְבָנָ֥ה אֲדַמְדֶּ֖מֶת א֥וֹ לְבָנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* or flesh (dm) it.will.be on skin its a.burn of.fire and it.will.be the.raw.spot of the.burn a.bright.spot white reddish or white

*JPS 1917:* Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white;

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[Leviticus 13:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.28/)

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וְאִם־תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩ תַעֲמֹ֨ד הַבַּהֶ֜רֶת לֹא־פָשְׂתָ֤ה בָעוֹר֙ וְהִ֣וא כֵהָ֔ה שְׂאֵ֥ת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה הִ֑וא וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן כִּֽי־צָרֶ֥בֶת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה הִֽוא׃פ

*Word for word:* and if in its.place it.will.stay the.bright spot not it.has.spread in the skin and it \[is\].dull \[is\].the.swelling of the.burn it and he will.declare.him.pure the priest (dm) \[is\].the.scar of the.burn it

*JPS 1917:* And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim, it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burning.

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