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title: מִכְמָר — net · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְמָר (4364), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: net. BDB 1906: net, snare. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְמָר

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«מִכְמָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **net** — 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:** 4364 · **BDB:** מִכְמָר

### Glosses

his.own (1); of.a.net (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

net [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4364/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

net, snare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4364/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] net, snare, bringing an animal to its fall, כְּתוֹא מ׳ Is 51:20 like an antelope of (in) a net or snare (cf. ii. חֵרֶם p. 357, ii. רֶשֶׁת p. 440).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְמָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4364/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 141:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.141.10/)

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יִפְּל֣וּ בְמַכְמֹרָ֣יו רְשָׁעִ֑ים יַ֥חַד אָ֝נֹכִ֗י עַֽד־אֶעֱבֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* let.them.fall in his.own nets wicked.\[people\] together I until I.will.pass.by

*JPS 1917:* Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I withal escape.

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[Isaiah 51:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.20/)

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בָּנַ֜יִךְ עֻלְּפ֥וּ שָׁכְב֛וּ בְּרֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־חוּצ֖וֹת כְּת֣וֹא מִכְמָ֑ר הַֽמְלֵאִ֥ים חֲמַת־יְהוָ֖ה גַּעֲרַ֥ת אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* children your they.have.become.faint they.have.lain.down at.\[the\] head of.all \[the\].streets like an.antelope of.a.net \[they are\].full the.anger of.Yahweh the.rebuke your.God your

*JPS 1917:* Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

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