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title: מָנוֹר — beam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָנוֹר (4500), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: beam. BDB 1906: n.m. beam. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָנוֹר

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«מָנוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beam** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4500 · **BDB:** מָנוֹר²

### Glosses

a.beam (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

beam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4500/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. beam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4500/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. beam (prob. round) carrying the heddles (in loom), = Lat. jugum, so GFM l.c.;—only cstr. in phr. כִּמְנוֹר אֹרְגִים beam of weavers 1 S 17:7 2 S 21:19 = 1 Ch 20:5, 1 Ch 11:23, all sim. of thick and heavy shaft of spear.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «מָנוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4500/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 17:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.7/)

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וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֗וֹ כִּמְנוֹר֙ אֹֽרְגִ֔ים וְלַהֶ֣בֶת חֲנִית֔וֹ שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת שְׁקָלִ֖ים בַּרְזֶ֑ל וְנֹשֵׂ֥א הַצִּנָּ֖ה הֹלֵ֥ךְ לְפָנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and the.wood his.spear his \[was\].like a.beam of.weavers and the.blade his.spear his \[was\].six hundred(s) shekels iron and the.bearer of the.body.shield \[was\].walking before him

*JPS 1917:* And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him.

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[1 Chronicles 20:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.20.5/)

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וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּ֞ךְ אֶלְחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־יָעִ֗יר אֶת־לַחְמִי֙ אֲחִי֙ גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.was again a.battle with \[the\].Philistines and he.struck.down Elhanan the.son of.Jair (et) Lahmi the.brother of.Goliath the Gittite and the.wood his.spear his \[was\].like a.beam of.weavers

*JPS 1917:* And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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