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title: מִנְהָרָה — channel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִנְהָרָה (4492), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: channel. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִנְהָרָה

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«מִנְהָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **channel** — 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:** 4492 · **BDB:** מִנְהָרָה²

### Glosses

dens (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

channel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4492/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4492/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dub., only pl. הַמִּנְהָרוֹת אֲשֶׁר בֶּהָרִים Ju 6:2 (+ הַמְּעָרוֹת caves, הַמְּצָדוֹת strong-holds)—(clearly, si vera l., from a √ נהר, but with what meaning? Schultens Jb 49 comp. Arabic مِنْهَرَةٌ, مِنْهَرٌ \[which means a place hollowed out by water\], and rend. crevices, ravines, so Thes al.; Rashi Ki Wetzst Hauran, 46 think of caves with a light-opening; R. Levi ben Gerson beacons, i.e. towers for fire-signals, GFM; but ii. נהר late in Heb.; 𝔊 τρυμαλίας, 𝔙 antra; Bu thinks הַמְּעָרוֹת a gloss explaining הַמִּנ׳).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִנְהָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4492/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.2/)

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וַתָּ֥עָז יַד־מִדְיָ֖ן עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִפְּנֵ֨י מִדְיָ֜ן עָשֽׂוּ לָהֶ֣ם ׀ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶת־הַמִּנְהָרוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים וְאֶת־הַמְּעָר֖וֹת וְאֶת־הַמְּצָדֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and it.prevailed the.hand of.Midian over Israel because of Midian they.made for themselves the.people of.Israel (et) the dens which \[are\].in the mountains and (et) the caves and (et) the strongholds

*JPS 1917:* And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

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