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title: מְנוֹרָה — lampstand · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְנוֹרָה (4501), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: lampstand. BDB 1906: n.f. lampstand. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְנוֹרָה

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«מְנוֹרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lampstand** — 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:** 42 times · **Key:** 4501 · **BDB:** מְנוֹרָה²

### Glosses

lampstand (16); the.lampstand (7); a.lampstand (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lampstand [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4501/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lampstand [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4501/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. lampstand (Ecclus מנורה fire, 43:4 d);—abs. מְנו׳ 2 K 4:10 + 9 times, מְנֹרָה Ex 25:32(×2) + 19 times; cstr. מְנוֹרַת Zc 4:2; 2 Ch 13:11, מְנֹרַת Ex 25:31 + 2 times; pl. מְנֹרוֹת abs. 1 K 7:49 + 2 times; cstr. 1 Ch 28:15(×2) 2 Ch 4:7;—lampstand: in private house 2 K 4:10. ten lampstands in temple, pl. 1 K 7:49 = 2 Ch 4:7, Je 52:19 (so also 𝔊; om. ‖ 2 K 25:14, 15, del. here Now Arch. ii. 40 2 Ch 4:20, also 1 Ch 28:15(×5), but 2 Ch 13:11 has מ׳ in sg. (as 3); cf. sg. in Zech.’s vision Zc 4:2. seven-branched lampstand in tabern. Ex 25:31(×2), 32(×2) + 15 times Ex, Lv 24:4 (with lamps upon it), Nu 3:31; 4:9; 8:2, 3, 4(×2) (all P).—מָנוֹר v. II ניר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «מְנוֹרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4501/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 25:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.34/)

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וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and \[will be\] on.the.lampstand four cups shaped.like.almond.blossoms bulbs its and blossoms its

*JPS 1917:* And in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof.

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[Exodus 37:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.37.20/)

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וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁ֨קָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] on the lampstand four cups shaped.like.almond.blossoms bulbs its and blossoms its

*JPS 1917:* And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;

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