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title: מְכוּרָה — origin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְכוּרָה (4351), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: origin. BDB 1906: n.f. origin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְכוּרָה

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«מְכוּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **origin** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4351 · **BDB:** מְכֹרָה

### Glosses

origins (1); their.origin (1); your.origins (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

origin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4351/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. origin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4351/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. origin (i.e. place of digging out?)—sg. sf. אֶרֶץ מְכוּרָתָם Ez 29:14; of a people, persons: pl. sf. בְּאֶרֶץ מְכֻרוֹתַיִךְ 21:35 (‖ בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר נִבְרֵאת); of Jerus., מְכֹרֹתַיִךְ וּמֹלְדֹתַיִךְ מֵאֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי 16:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְכוּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4351/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 21:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.35/)

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הָשַׁ֖ב אֶל־תַּעְרָ֑הּ בִּמְק֧וֹם אֲשֶׁר־נִבְרֵ֛את בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מְכֻרוֹתַ֖יִךְ אֶשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֹתָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* put.\[it\].back into sheath its in the.place (of).where you.were.created in the.land your.origins your I.will.judge you

*JPS 1917:* Cause it to return into its sheath! — In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thine origin, will I judge thee.

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[Ezekiel 29:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.14/)

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וְשַׁבְתִּי֙ אֶת־שְׁב֣וּת מִצְרַ֔יִם וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֤י אֹתָם֙ אֶ֣רֶץ פַּתְר֔וֹס עַל־אֶ֖רֶץ מְכֽוּרָתָ֑ם וְהָ֥יוּ שָׁ֖ם מַמְלָכָ֥ה שְׁפָלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.turn.back (et) the.captivity of.Egypt and I.will.bring.back them the.land of.Pathros to \[the\].land their.origin their and they.will.be there a.kingdom lowly

*JPS 1917:* and I will turn the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their origin; and they shall be there a lowly kingdom.

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