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title: מִכְלוֹל — perfection · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְלוֹל (4358), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: perfection. BDB 1906: n.m. perfection gorgeous attire. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְלוֹל

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«מִכְלוֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **perfection** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4358 · **BDB:** מִכְלוֹל

### Glosses

of.perfection (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

perfection [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4358/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. perfection gorgeous attire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4358/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. perfection, i.e. (prob.) gorgeous attire, Ez 23:12; 38:4 (of warriors) לְבֻשֵׁי מִכְלוֹל.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְלוֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4358/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.12/)

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אֶל־בְּנֵי֩ אַשּׁ֨וּר עָגָ֜בָה פַּח֨וֹת וּסְגָנִ֤ים קְרֹבִים֙ לְבֻשֵׁ֣י מִכְל֔וֹל פָּרָשִׁ֖ים רֹכְבֵ֣י סוּסִ֑ים בַּח֥וּרֵי חֶ֖מֶד כֻּלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* to the.sons of.Assyria she.lusted governors and officials warriors clothed of.perfection horsemen \[who\].rode of.horses \[were\].young.men of.desire of.them all

*JPS 1917:* She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, warriors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them handsome young men.

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[Ezekiel 38:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.4/)

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וְשׁ֣וֹבַבְתִּ֔יךָ וְנָתַתִּ֥י חַחִ֖ים בִּלְחָיֶ֑יךָ וְהוֹצֵאתִי֩ אוֹתְךָ֨וְאֶת־כָּל־חֵילֶ֜ךָ סוּסִ֣ים וּפָרָשִׁ֗ים לְבֻשֵׁ֤י מִכְלוֹל֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם קָהָ֥ל רָב֙ צִנָּ֣ה וּמָגֵ֔ן תֹּפְשֵׂ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת כֻּלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I will.turn.you.around and I.will.put hooks in jaws your and I.will.bring.out you and (et) all army your horses and horsemen \[are\].clothed of.perfection of.them all a.company great body.shield and shield \[are\].wielding (of).swords of.them all

*JPS 1917:* and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed most gorgeously, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords:

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