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title: מִכְסֶה — covering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְסֶה (4372), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: covering. BDB 1906: covering. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְסֶה

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«מִכְסֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **covering** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 4372 · **BDB:** מִכְסֶה

### Glosses

a.covering (8); the.covering (5); covering (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

covering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4372/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

covering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4372/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] covering;—מ׳ Ex 26:14; 36:19; cstr. מִכְסֵה Gn 8:13 + 10 times; sf. מִכְסֵהוּ Ex 35:11 + 2 times;— covering of the ark, deck-roof (𝔊 στέγη) Gn 8:13 (J). of the skins of the tent of meeting Ex 26:14(×2); 35:11; 36:19(×2); 39:34(×2); 40:19 Nu 3:25; 4:8, 10, 11, 12, 25(×2) (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 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 «מִכְסֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4372/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 26:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.14/)

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וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵילִ֖ם מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃פ

*Word for word:* and you.will.make a.covering for the tent hides of.rams dyed.red and a.covering of.skins of.dolphins from to above

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of sealskins above.

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[Exodus 36:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.36.19/)

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וַיַּ֤עַשׂ מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵלִ֖ים מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.made a.covering for the tent hides of.rams dyed.red and a.covering of.skins of.dolphins from to above

*JPS 1917:* And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.

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