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title: מִלֵּאת — setting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִלֵּאת (4402), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: setting. BDB 1906: n.f. setting better border, rim. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִלֵּאת

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«מִלֵּאת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **setting** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4402 · **BDB:** מִלֵּאת

### Glosses

fullness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

setting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4402/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. setting better border, rim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4402/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dub.: only ישְׁבוֹת עַל־מ׳ Ct 5:12 of lover’s eyes; A E De BaeKau setting, perhaps better border, rim, Öt Wild fulness, abundance, of surrounding of eye.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «מִלֵּאת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4402/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.12/)

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עֵינָ֕יו כְּיוֹנִ֖ים עַל־אֲפִ֣יקֵי מָ֑יִם רֹֽחֲצוֹת֙ בֶּֽחָלָ֔ב יֹשְׁב֖וֹת עַל־מִלֵּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* eyes his \[are\].like doves at channels of.water washing in (the) milk sitting on fullness

*JPS 1917:* His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set.

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