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title: מַנְעוּל — bolt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַנְעוּל (4514), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: bolt. BDB 1906: bolt. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַנְעוּל

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«מַנְעוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bolt** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4514 · **BDB:** מַנְעוּל²

### Glosses

bolts (5); the.bolt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bolt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4514/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bolt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4514/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bolt;—abs. כַּפּוֹת הַמּ׳ Ct 5:5 (of house-door); pl. sf. מַנְעוּלָיו Ne 3:3, מַנְעֻלָיו v 6, 13, 14, 15, all of city-gates, in phr. דַּלְתֹתָיו (וּ)מַנ׳ וּבְרִיחָיו.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַנְעוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4514/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.3/)

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וְאֵת֙ שַׁ֣עַר הַדָּגִ֔ים בָּנ֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י הַסְּנָאָ֑ה הֵ֣מָּה קֵר֔וּהוּ וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו מַנְעוּלָ֖יו וּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ס

*Word for word:* and (et) the.gate of the.fish(es) they.rebuilt the.sons of.(the) Senaah they they made.beams.for.it and they.set.up doors its bolts its and bars its

*JPS 1917:* And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.

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[Song of Songs 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.5/)

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קַ֥מְתִּֽי אֲנִ֖י לִפְתֹּ֣חַ לְדוֹדִ֑י וְיָדַ֣י נָֽטְפוּ־מ֗וֹר וְאֶצְבְּעֹתַי֙ מ֣וֹר עֹבֵ֔ר עַ֖ל כַּפּ֥וֹת הַמַּנְעֽוּל׃

*Word for word:* I.arose I to open to lover my and hands my they.dripped myrrh and fingers my myrrh flowing on the.handles of the.bolt

*JPS 1917:* I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with flowing myrrh, upon the handles of the bar.

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