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title: מַמְזֵר — bastard · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַמְזֵר (4464), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bastard. BDB 1906: n.m. bastard child of incest. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַמְזֵר

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«מַמְזֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bastard** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4464 · **BDB:** מַמְזֵר

### Glosses

a.bastard (1); a.mixed.population (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bastard [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4464/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bastard child of incest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4464/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. bastard, specif. child of incest (NH id. (v. Levy), מַמְזֵרוּת incest; Aramaic (loan-word) מַמְזֵרָא bastard):— lit. bastard, Dt 23:3 (v. Dr). perhaps fig. coll., of mixed population Zc 9:6 𝔊 ἀλλογενεῖς (cf. also GeiUrschrift, 52 f.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַמְזֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4464/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.6/)

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וְיָשַׁ֥ב מַמְזֵ֖ר בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י גְּא֥וֹן פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.dwell a.mixed.population in Ashdod and I.will.cut.off the.pride of.\[the\].Philistines

*JPS 1917:* And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

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[Deuteronomy 23:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.3/)

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לֹא־יָבֹ֥א מַמְזֵ֖ר בִּקְהַ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה גַּ֚ם דּ֣וֹר עֲשִׂירִ֔י לֹא־יָ֥בֹא ל֖וֹ בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* not he.will.go a.bastard in the.assembly of.Yahweh also a.generation tenth not it.will.go of him in the.assembly of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the LORD.

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