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title: מָלֵא — full · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָלֵא (4392), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 63 times: full. BDB 1906: adj. full. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָלֵא

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«מָלֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **full** — 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:** 63 times · **Key:** 4392 · **BDB:** מָלֵא²

### Glosses

full (34); \[were\].full (15); \[is\].full (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

full [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4392/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. full [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4392/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. full;—מ׳ Gn 23:9 + 15 times; cstr. מְלֵא Je 6:11; f. מְלֵאָה Nu 7:14 + 20 times; cstr. מְלֵאֲתִי Is 1:21 cf. Ges§ 90, 3 a.; pl. מְלֵאִים Nu 7:13 + 18 times; f. מְלֵאוֹת (-אֹת) Gn 41:7 + 4 times;—full, abs. of ears of corn Gn 41:7, 22; of value, price, Gn 23:9 1 Ch 21:22, 24; of wind (= strong) Je 4:12 sq. acc. mat., bowls of fine flour (סֹלָת) Nu 7:13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79; spoons of incense Nu 7:14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56, 62, 68, 74, 80, 86; bowls of wine Je 35:5, cf. fig. ψ 75:9; houses, of contents Dt 6:11 Ne 9:25 cf. Pr 17:1; cage, of birds Je 5:27 (in sim., v. infr.); cart, of sheaves Am 2:13 (in sim.) 1 Ch 11:13 2 K 7:15; Ez 1:18; 10:12; 17:3; 36:38; 37:1; as pred., of storehouses ψ 144;13; cf. fig. of Naomi Ru 1:21; of sea Ec 1:7; with art., of full vessel 2 K 4:4; מְלֵאָה pregnant woman Ec 11:5; fig. full of blessing Dt 33:23; wisdom 34:9; justice Is 1:21; commotion 22:2; fury 51:20; lies, etc. Na 3:1; wisdom Ez 28:12 (del. A BCo); only twice in cstr. before that with which a thing is filled Is 1:21 מ׳ מִשְׁפָּט; Je 6:11 מְלֵא יָמִים (as subst.); as subst. in genit. (Ges§ 128 n) ψ 73:10 מֵי מָלֵא; as adv. = fully Na 1:10 Je 12:6 (loudly, cf. 4:5).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 59 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָלֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4392/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.14/)

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כַּ֥ף אַחַ֛ת עֲשָׂרָ֥ה זָהָ֖ב מְלֵאָ֥ה קְטֹֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* a.pan one ten gold full incense

*JPS 1917:* one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

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[Numbers 7:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.20/)

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כַּ֥ף אַחַ֛ת עֲשָׂרָ֥ה זָהָ֖ב מְלֵאָ֥ה קְטֹֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* a.pan one ten gold full incense

*JPS 1917:* one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

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