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title: מְכַסֶּה — covering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְכַסֶּה (4374), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: covering. BDB 1906: n.m. covering. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְכַסֶּה

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«מְכַסֶּה» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4374 · **BDB:** מְכַסֶּה

### Glosses

covering (3); coverings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

covering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4374/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. covering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4374/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 23:18 covering;—מ׳ Lv 9:19 Is 23:18; sf. מְכַסֵּךְ Ez 27:7; pl. sf. מְכַסֶּיךָ Is 14:11; of fat covering (the inwards) Lv 9:19; worms, covering the dead Is 14:11, deck of a ship Ez 27:7 (Co Kajütenwand); garment Is 23:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «מְכַסֶּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4374/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 14:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.11/)

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הוּרַ֥ד שְׁא֛וֹל גְּאוֹנֶ֖ךָ הֶמְיַ֣ת נְבָלֶ֑יךָ תַּחְתֶּ֙יךָ֙ יֻצַּ֣ע רִמָּ֔ה וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.has.been.brought.down Sheol pride your the.sound your.lyres your under you it.is.spread.as.a.bed maggot\[s\] and coverings your \[are\].worm\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, and the noise of thy psalteries; the maggot is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.'

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[Leviticus 9:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.9.19/)

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וְאֶת־הַחֲלָבִ֖ים מִן־הַשּׁ֑וֹר וּמִן־הָאַ֔יִל הָֽאַלְיָ֤ה וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙ וְהַכְּלָיֹ֔ת וְיֹתֶ֖רֶת הַכָּבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the fat(s) from the ox and from the ram the.fat tail and the covering and the kidneys and the.lobe of the.liver

*JPS 1917:* and the fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver.

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