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title: מַלְכֹּדֶת — a catching instrument · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַלְכֹּדֶת (4434), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a catching instrument. BDB 1906: n.f. catching instrument snare, trap. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַלְכֹּדֶת

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«מַלְכֹּדֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a catching instrument** — 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:** 4434 · **BDB:** מַלְכֹּ֫דֶת

### Glosses

trap (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a catching instrument [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4434/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. catching instrument snare, trap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4434/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a catching instrument, i. e. a snare, trap, only fig.; sf. מַלְכֻּדְתּוֹ עֲלֵי נָתִיב Jb 18:10 of the wicked (‖ טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלוֹ).

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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, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַלְכֹּדֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4434/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.10/)

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טָמ֣וּן בָּאָ֣רֶץ חַבְל֑וֹ וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].hidden on the ground rope his and trap his on \[the\].path

*JPS 1917:* A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

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