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title: מִלּוֹא — Millo. See also · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִלּוֹא (4407), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Millo. See also. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִלּוֹא

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«מִלּוֹא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Millo. See also** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4407 · **BDB:** מִלּוֹא

### Glosses

Millo (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Millo. See also [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4407/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4407/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (Thes ‘fill’ of earth, earthwork, but v. GFM Ju 9:6) SchwallyZMG lii (1898), 137 cp. Assyrian mulû = earthwork, mound, terrace, Dl 411 M-A 544;— בֵּית מִלּוֹא Ju 9:6 (‖ בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם) so v 20(×2); near Shechem, site unknown; 𝔊 οἶκος Βηθμααλων. citadel in Jerus. הַמִּלּוֹא 2 S 5:9 1 K 9:15, 24; 11:27; 1 Ch 11:8 2 Ch 32:5. 𝔊 usually ἡ ἄκρα (A 1 K 9:15, 24 also Μελω). בֵּית מִלֹּא 2 K 12:21 (+ הַיֹּרֵד סִלָּא) dub.; = 2? 𝔊 οἴκῳ Μααλω.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִלּוֹא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4407/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 9:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.9.24/)

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אַ֣ךְ בַּת־פַּרְעֹ֗ה עָֽלְתָה֙ מֵעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔ד אֶל־בֵּיתָ֖הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּֽנָה־לָ֑הּ אָ֖ז בָּנָ֥ה אֶת־הַמִּלּֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* only the.daughter of.Pharaoh she.went.up from the.city of.David to house her.own which he.had.built for her then he.built (et) the Millo

*JPS 1917:* But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her; then did he build Millo.

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[1 Chronicles 11:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.8/)

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וַיִּ֤בֶן הָעִיר֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב מִן־הַמִּלּ֖וֹא וְעַד־הַסָּבִ֑יב וְיוֹאָ֕ב יְחַיֶּ֖ה אֶת־שְׁאָ֥ר הָעִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and he.built the city from round.about from the Millo and to the surroundings and Joab he.restored (et) the.remainder of the.city

*JPS 1917:* And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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