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title: מְמוּכָן — Memucan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְמוּכָן (4462), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Memucan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְמוּכָן

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«מְמוּכָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Memucan** — 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:** 4462 · **BDB:** מְמוּכָן

### Glosses

Memucan (2); of.Memucan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Memucan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4462/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4462/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a prince of Persia and Media—Est 1:14, 21 also v 16 Qr; Kt מומכן. 𝔊 Μουχαιος, Μαμουχαιος.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְמוּכָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4462/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 1:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.21/)

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וַיִּיטַב֙ הַדָּבָ֔ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִ֑ים וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ כִּדְבַ֥ר מְמוּכָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.good the word in the.eyes of the.king and the officials and he.did the king according to.the.word of.Memucan

*JPS 1917:* And the word pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan;

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[Esther 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.14/)

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וְהַקָּרֹ֣ב אֵלָ֗יוכַּרְשְׁנָ֤א שֵׁתָר֙ אַדְמָ֣תָא תַרְשִׁ֔ישׁ מֶ֥רֶס מַרְסְנָ֖א מְמוּכָ֑ן שִׁבְעַ֞ת שָׂרֵ֣י ׀ פָּרַ֣ס וּמָדַ֗י רֹאֵי֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים רִאשֹׁנָ֖ה בַּמַּלְכֽוּת׃

*Word for word:* and the.\[ones\] close to him \[were\].Carshena Shethar Admatha Tarshish Meres Marsena Memucan the.seven the.officials of.Persia and Media \[who\].saw (of).the.face of the.king \[who\] sat foremost in the kingdom

*JPS 1917:* and the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat the first in the kingdom:

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