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title: מַכְתֵּשׁ — mortar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַכְתֵּשׁ (4388), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: mortar. BDB 1906: n.m. mortar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַכְתֵּשׁ

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«מַכְתֵּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mortar** — 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:** 4388 · **BDB:** מַכְתֵּשׁ

### Glosses

mortar (1); place (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mortar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4388/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. mortar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4388/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. mortar (place of pounding, braying; cf. Palm. n.pr.m. מכתש = contundens Vog No. 97)—abs. מ׳ Pr 27:22 (v. foregoing); hollow resembling a mortar Ju 15:19 (whence came forth a water-spring; cf. GFM), Zp 1:11 = a part of Jerusalem, cf. Schwally ZAW x. (1890), 173 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַכְתֵּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4388/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.22/)

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אִ֥ם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִ֨יל ׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָ֭רִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִ֑י לֹא־תָס֥וּר מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* if you.will.pound (et) the fool in (the) mortar among the grain(s) with the pestle not it.will.depart from with him foolishness his

*JPS 1917:* Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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[Judges 15:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.15.19/)

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וַיִּבְקַ֨ע אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ אֲשֶׁר־בַּלֶּ֗חִי וַיֵּצְא֨וּ מִמֶּ֤נּוּ מַ֙יִם֙ וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ וַתָּ֥שָׁב רוּח֖וֹ וַיֶּ֑חִי עַל־כֵּ֣ן ׀ קָרָ֣א שְׁמָ֗הּ עֵ֤ינ הַקּוֹרֵא֙ עֵ֤ינ הַקּוֹרֵא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלֶּ֔חִי עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.split.open God (et) the.hollow place which \[is\].at (the) Lehi and they.came.out from it waters and he.drank and it.returned spirit his and he.lived therefore he.called name its En Hakkore which \[is\].at (the) Lehi until the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* But God cleaved the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came back, and he revived; wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

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