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title: מֶלֶט — mortar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶלֶט (4423), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: mortar. BDB 1906: mortar, cement. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶלֶט

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«מֶלֶט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mortar** — 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:** 4423 · **BDB:** מֶ֫לֶט

### Glosses

mortar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mortar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4423/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

mortar, cement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4423/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] mortar, cement (etym. dub.; Aramaic ܡܠܳܛܳܐ id., whence Arabic مِلَاطٌ Frä10);—Je 43:9.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶלֶט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4423/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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