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title: מִמְשָׁק — possession · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִמְשָׁק (4476), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: possession. BDB 1906: possession. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִמְשָׁק

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«מִמְשָׁק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **possession** — 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:** 4476 · **BDB:** מִמְשָׁק²

### Glosses

a.place.possessed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4476/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4476/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] possession (? so RV), perhaps better place of possession, place possessed by; only cstr. מִמְשַׁק חָרוּל Zp 2:9 a place possessed by chickpeas (\> AV breeding of nettles), 𝔊 Δαμασκος. Word very dubious (We GASm); text prob. corrupt; SchwallyZAW x. 1890, 188 conj. meaning place of growth; Gr (so Now) proposes קִמּוֹשׂ, or קִמְּשׂנִים.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִמְשָׁק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4476/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.9/)

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לָכֵ֣ן חַי־אָ֡נִי נְאֻם֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כִּֽי־מוֹאָ֞ב כִּסְדֹ֤ם תִּֽהְיֶה֙ וּבְנֵ֤י עַמּוֹן֙ כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔ה מִמְשַׁ֥ק חָר֛וּל וּמִכְרֵה־מֶ֥לַח וּשְׁמָמָ֖ה עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם שְׁאֵרִ֤ית עַמִּי֙ יְבָזּ֔וּם וְיֶ֥תֶר גּוֹיִ֖י יִנְחָלֽוּם׃

*Word for word:* therefore \[by\].the.life of.me the.utterance of.Yahweh of.hosts the.God of.Israel (dm) Moab like Sodom it.will.be and the.people of.Ammon like Gomorrah a.place.possessed of.weed\[s\] and a.pit of.salt and a.waste until perpetuity the.remnant my.people my they will.plunder.them and the.rest my.nation my they will.take.possession.of.them

*JPS 1917:* Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding-place of nettles, and saltpits, and a desolation, for ever; the residue of My people shall spoil them, and the remnant of My nation shall inherit them.

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