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title: מִכְמְתָת — Michmethath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְמְתָת (4366), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Michmethath. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְמְתָת

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«מִכְמְתָת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Michmethath** — 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:** 4366 · **BDB:** מִכְמְתָת

### Glosses

Micmethath (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Michmethath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4366/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4366/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. always הַמּ׳, Jos 16:6 (𝔊 Ικασμων, 𝔊L εις Αχθωθ, A Μαχθωθ), 17:7 (מֵאָשֵׁר הַמּ׳; 𝔊 Δηλαναθ, A ἀπὸ Ασερ Μαχθωθ, and similarly 𝔊L), place in NE. Ephraim, near border of Manasseh, between Shechem and Taanath Shilo; BuhlGeogr. 109 conj. Khirbet kefr beita.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְמְתָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4366/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 17:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.7/)

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וַיְהִ֤י גְבוּל־מְנַשֶּׁה֙ מֵֽאָשֵׁ֔ר הַֽמִּכְמְתָ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י שְׁכֶ֑ם וְהָלַ֤ךְ הַגְּבוּל֙ אֶל־הַיָּמִ֔ין אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י עֵ֥ינ תַּפּֽוּחַ עֵ֥ינ תַּפּֽוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the.border of.Manasseh from Asher (the) Micmethath which \[is\].on the.face of.Shechem and it.goes the border to the south to the.inhabitants of En.Tappuah

*JPS 1917:* And the border of Manasseh was, beginning from Asher, Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. —

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[Joshua 16:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.6/)

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וְיָצָ֨א הַגְּב֜וּל הַיָּ֗מָּה הַֽמִּכְמְתָת֙ מִצָּפ֔וֹן וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מִזְרָ֖חָה תַּאֲנַ֣ת שִׁלֹ֑ה תַּאֲנַ֣ת שִׁלֹ֑ה וְעָבַ֣ר אוֹת֔וֹ מִמִּזְרַ֖ח יָנֽוֹחָה׃

*Word for word:* and it.goes.out the border to the sea (the) Micmethath \[is\].from.\[the\] north and it.turns the border eastward Taanath Shiloh and it.passes.by it from.\[the\] east to Janoah

*JPS 1917:* And the border went out westward, Mich-methath being on the north; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah.

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