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title: מְנוּחָה — resting-place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְנוּחָה (4496), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: resting-place. BDB 1906: n.f. resting-place, rest. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְנוּחָה

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«מְנוּחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **resting-place** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 4496 · **BDB:** מְנוּחָה

### Glosses

rest (6); resting.place (4); a.resting.place (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

resting-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4496/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. resting-place, rest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4496/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. resting-place, rest;—abs. מ׳ Mi 2:10 +, מְנֻחָה Gn 49:15 (but v. infr.), 2 S 14:17; sf. מְנוּחָתִי ψ 95:11 + 2 times, מְנוּחָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 132:8 = 2 Ch 6:41 (where read as in ψ, for anom. לְנוּחֶ֑ךָ MT), מְנֻחָתוֹ Is 11:10 Zc 9:1; pl. מְנוּחֹת Is 32:18, מְנֻחוֹת ψ 23:2;— resting-place Mi 2:10 Nu 10:33 (JE), Dt 12:9 (+ הַנַּחֲלָה) so ψ 95:11 (י׳’s resting-pl.), cf. 132:8 = 2 Ch 6:41 (v. supr.), ψ 132:14 Is 66:1 (‖ בַּיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי), cf. בֵּית מ׳ לַאֲרוֹן וגו׳ 1 Ch 28:2; also Is 11:10; prob. also Gn 49:15 (‖ הָאָרֶץ; טוֹב here is appar. subst., Sam. reads adj. טוֹבָה; but read perhaps מְנֻחֹה, his resting-place, from מָנוֹחַ, BallHpt Holz after 𝔖); מְנוּחֹת שַׁאֲנַנּוֹת Is 32:18 (+ נְוֵה שָׁלוֹם, מִשְׁכְּנוֹת מִבְטַחִים); of י׳’s word Zc 9:1; resting- place on journey, in שַׂר מ׳ Je 51:59 (Ew Gf Gie al.); fig. for security, assurance 2 S 14:17 (taken from resting, equilibrium, of scale according to Klo). rest, quietness, pl. מֵי מְנֻחוֹת ψ 23:2; = refreshment Is 28:12 (‖ מַרְגֵּעָה); rest (from enemies) = peace 1 K 8:56 (cf. 5:18), אִישׁ מ׳ 1 Ch 22:9 a man of peace (cf. הֵנִיחַ v b); = relief from sorrow Je 45:3; condition of rest and security attained by marriage Ru 1:9 (= מָנוֹחַ 3:1).—מ׳ Ju 20:43 is perhaps n.pr., cf. GFM.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְנוּחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4496/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 23:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.23.2/)

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בִּנְא֣וֹת דֶּ֭שֶׁא יַרְבִּיצֵ֑נִי עַל־מֵ֖י מְנֻח֣וֹת יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* in pastures of.fresh.grass he makes.me.lie.down at waters of.rest(s) he leads.me

*JPS 1917:* He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.

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[Psalms 132:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.14/)

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זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד פֹּֽה־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* this resting.place \[is\].my until perpetuity here I.will.dwell (dm) I have.desired.it

*JPS 1917:* 'This is My resting-place for ever; here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

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