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title: מִמְשַׁח — cherub of expansion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִמְשַׁח (4473), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cherub of expansion. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִמְשַׁח

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«מִמְשַׁח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cherub of expansion** — 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:** 4473 · **BDB:** מִמְשַׁח²

### Glosses

of.expansion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cherub of expansion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4473/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dub.; only in כְּרוּב מִמְשַׁח הַסּוֹכֵךְ Ez 28:14 cherub of expansion (then cf. Assyrian mašâhu, measure, Aramaic מְשַׁח id., etc.) that covereth, after 𝔙 cherub extentus (far-reaching wings), “far-covering cherub,” Ew (Or “umspannender”); the anointed cherub that covereth, AV RV, so Hä. Co thinks gloss, and reads אֶת־כְּרוּב נְתַתִּיךָ text dub. according to SiegfKau SS Buhl Berthol.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִמְשַׁח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4473/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 28:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.14/)

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אַ֨תְּ־כְּר֔וּב מִמְשַׁ֖ח הַסּוֹכֵ֑ךְ וּנְתַתִּ֗יךָ בְּהַ֨ר קֹ֤דֶשׁ אֱלֹהִים֙ הָיִ֔יתָ בְּת֥וֹךְ אַבְנֵי־אֵ֖שׁ הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* you \[were\].a.cherub of.expansion \[which\] covers and I appointed.you on the.mountain of.the.holiness of.God you.were in the.middle of.stones of.fire you.walked.about

*JPS 1917:* Thou wast the far-covering cherub; and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of stones of fire.

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