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title: מִכְתָּם — Mikhtām · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְתָּם (4387), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Mikhtām. BDB 1906: Mikhtām. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְתָּם

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«מִכְתָּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mikhtām** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4387 · **BDB:** מִכְתָּם

### Glosses

a.miktam (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mikhtām [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4387/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

Mikhtām [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4387/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] Mikhtām, a term. techn. in ψ-titles, meaning unknown (𝔊 στηλογραφία: cf. Bae Ps. p. xiii f.); always c. לְדָוִד:—מ׳ לְדָוִד ψ 16:1; 60:1; לְדָוִד מ׳ 56:1; 57:1; 58:1; 59:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְתָּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4387/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 58:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵ֗ת לְדָוִ֥ד מִכְתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster al- tashcheth of David a.miktam

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam.

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[Psalms 16:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.16.1/)

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מִכְתָּ֥ם לְדָוִ֑דשָֽׁמְרֵ֥נִי אֵ֝֗ל כִּֽי־חָסִ֥יתִי בָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* a.miktam of David protect me O.God (dm) I.have.taken.refuge in you

*JPS 1917:* Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.

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