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title: מְכוֹנָה — fixed resting-place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְכוֹנָה (4350), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: fixed resting-place. BDB 1906: n.f. fixed resting-place, base. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְכוֹנָה

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«מְכוֹנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fixed resting-place** — 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:** 25 times · **Key:** 4350 · **BDB:** מְכוֹנָה

### Glosses

stands (14); the.stand (5); stand (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fixed resting-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4350/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fixed resting-place, base [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4350/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. fixed resting-place, base;—abs. מ׳ 1 K 7:27 + 5 times; מְכֹנָה 1 K 7:34(×2), 35; sf. מְכֻנָתָהּ Zc 5:11 (Ges§ 27, 3. R. 1); pl. מְכוֹנוֹת Je 27:19, מְכֹנֹת 1 K 7:27 + 12 times; sf. מְכוֹנֹתָ֯ו Ezr 3:3;—base or stand of laver כִּיּוֹר 1 K 7:27(×2) + 13 times 1 K 7, 2 K 16:17; 25:13, 16 = Je 52:17, 20, Je 27:19 2 Ch 4:14(×2); of altar Ezr 3:3; of the symbol. ephah Zc 5:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְכוֹנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4350/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 7:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.28/)

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וְזֶ֛ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הַמְּכוֹנָ֖ה מִסְגְּרֹ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם וּמִסְגְּרֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין הַשְׁלַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and this \[was\].the.work of the.stand rims \[belonged\].to them and rims \[were\].between the.cross bars

*JPS 1917:* And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; and there were borders between the stays;

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[1 Kings 7:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.43/)

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וְאֶת־הַמְּכֹנ֖וֹת עָ֑שֶׂר וְאֶת־הַכִּיֹּרֹ֥ת עֲשָׂרָ֖ה עַל־הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the stands ten and (et) the lavers ten on the stands

*JPS 1917:* and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;

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