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title: מְלֹא — fulness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְלֹא (4393), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: fulness. BDB 1906: n.m. fulness, that which fills. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְלֹא

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«מְלֹא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fulness** — 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:** 38 times · **Key:** 4393 · **BDB:** מְלֹא

### Glosses

the.fullness (15); what (15); \[the\].fullness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4393/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fulness, that which fills [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4393/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \[מְלוֹא\] n.m. Is 31:4 fulness, that which fills (Arabic مِلْأٌ Lane 2729);—מ׳ cstr. Gn 48:19 + 19 times; מְלוֹ Ez 41:8; sf. מְלוֹאוֹ Is 42:10 + 3 times; מְלוֹאָהּ Dt 33:16 + 12 times;— fulness of hand (= handful) Ec 4:6(×2) sq. acc. mat. מ׳ חָפְנֵיכֶם פִּיחַ Ex 9:8 cf. Lv 16:12 1 K 17:12; so homer-full of manna; Ex 16:33 cf. Lv 16:12 Nu 22:18; 24:13 Ju 6:38; simil. מְלֹא בִגְדוֹ 2 K 4:39; rarely sq. מִן Lv 2:2; 5:12, cf. Ex 16:32 (but read perhaps מִלְאוּ so 𝔊 Sam. v. Di). mass of shepherds Is 31:4 (in sim.); multitude of nations Gn 48:19 (cf. Arabic مَلَأٌ Qor 2:247 al.) fulness = that which fills, entire contents, of אֶרֶץ Dt 33:16 ψ 24:1 Is 6:3; 8:8; 34:1 Mi 1:2 Je 8:16; 47:2 Ez 12:19; 19:7; 30:12; 32:15; תֵּבֵל ψ 50:12; 89:12; יָם Is 42:10 1 Ch 16:32 ψ 96:11; 98:7; עִיר Am 6:8. phrases:—מ׳ קוֹמָתוֹ = at full length 1 S 28:20; full line, or portion מ׳ הַחֶ֫בֶל 2 S 8:2; מ׳ הַקָּנֶה Ez 41:8 full rod (reed).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְלֹא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4393/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 98:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.98.7/)

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יִרְעַ֣ם הַ֭יָּם וּמְלֹא֑וֹ תֵּ֝בֵ֗ל וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* let.it.thunder the sea and what fills.it \[the\].world and \[those.who\].dwell in it

*JPS 1917:* Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;

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[Ecclesiastes 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.6/)

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ט֕וֹב מְלֹ֥א כַ֖ף נָ֑חַת מִמְּלֹ֥א חָפְנַ֛יִם עָמָ֖ל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good \[the\].fullness of.a.palm of.quietness more than.\[the\].fullness of.\[the\].hollow.of.hands toil and striving of.wind

*JPS 1917:* Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.

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