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title: מַלְבֵּן — brick-mould · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַלְבֵּן (4404), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: brick-mould. BDB 1906: brick-mould quadrangle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַלְבֵּן

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«מַלְבֵּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brick-mould** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4404 · **BDB:** מַלְבֵּן

### Glosses

a.brick-mold (1); brick-mold\[s\] (1); brick-terrace (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brick-mould [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4404/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

brick-mould quadrangle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4404/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] 1. brick-mould; 2. quadrangle (on meaning brick-mould, and fig. something rectangular, v. HoffmZAW 1882, 53–72 Dr 2 S 12:31, cf. NH מַלְבֵּן; Arabic مِلْبَنٌ; Syriac ܡܰܠܒܢܳܐ;)— brick-mould, 2 S 12:31 Qr (Kt, by error, מלכן), Na 3:14. quadrangle, Je 43:9 (at Tahpanhes).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַלְבֵּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4404/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 3:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.14/)

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מֵ֤י מָצוֹר֙ שַֽׁאֲבִי־לָ֔ךְ חַזְּקִ֖י מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ בֹּ֧אִי בַטִּ֛יט וְרִמְסִ֥י בַחֹ֖מֶר הַחֲזִ֥יקִי מַלְבֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* water of.siege draw for yourself strengthen fortifications your go in the clay and trample on the mortar take.hold.of a.brick-mold

*JPS 1917:* Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, lay hold of the brickmould.

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[Jeremiah 43:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.43.9/)

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קַ֣ח בְּיָדְךָ֞ אֲבָנִ֣ים גְּדֹל֗וֹת וּטְמַנְתָּ֤ם בַּמֶּ֙לֶט֙ בַּמַּלְבֵּ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּפֶ֥תַח בֵּית־פַּרְעֹ֖ה בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס לְעֵינֵ֖י אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יְהוּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* take in hand your stones large and you will.hide.them in the mortar in the brick-terrace which \[is\].at the.entrance of.the.house of.Pharaoh in Tahpanhes to.\[the\] eyes of.\[the\].people Judeans

*JPS 1917:* 'Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in the mortar in the framework, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

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