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title: מִכְלָא — enclosure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְלָא (4356), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: enclosure. BDB 1906: enclosure, fold. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְלָא

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«מִכְלָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **enclosure** — 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:** 4356 · **BDB:** מִכְלָה

### Glosses

folds (2); fold (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

enclosure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4356/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

enclosure, fold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4356/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (incorrect for מכלא) n.\[m.\] enclosure, fold;—גָּזַר מִמּ׳ צֹאן Hb 3:17; pl. cstr. לקח מִמִּכְלְאֹת צֹאן ψ 78:70 (obj. David); pl. sf. לקח מִמִּכְלְאֹתֶיךָ 50:9 (obj. he-goats).—ii. מִכְלָה v. sub כלה.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְלָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4356/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 50:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.50.9/)

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לֹא־אֶקַּ֣ח מִבֵּיתְךָ֣ פָ֑ר מִ֝מִּכְלְאֹתֶ֗יךָ עַתּוּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* not I.will.accept from household your a.young.bull from folds your goats

*JPS 1917:* I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

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[Psalms 78:70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.70/)

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וַ֭יִּבְחַר בְּדָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַ֝יִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ מִֽמִּכְלְאֹ֥ת צֹֽאן׃

*Word for word:* and he.chose (in) David servant his and he took.him from.\[the\] folds of.sheep

*JPS 1917:* He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

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