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title: מַסְוֶה — veil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַסְוֶה (4533), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: veil. BDB 1906: veil. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַסְוֶה

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«מַסְוֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **veil** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4533 · **BDB:** מַסְוֶה²

### Glosses

veil (2); a.veil (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

veil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4533/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

veil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4533/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] veil;—abs. מ׳ עַל־פָּנָיו Ex 34:33 cf. v 34:35 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַסְוֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4533/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 34:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.33/)

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וַיְכַ֣ל מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִדַּבֵּ֖ר אִתָּ֑ם וַיִּתֵּ֥ן עַל־פָּנָ֖יו מַסְוֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.finished Moses from speaking with them and he.put over face his a.veil

*JPS 1917:* And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.

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[Exodus 34:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.34/)

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וּבְבֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ יָסִ֥יר אֶת־הַמַּסְוֶ֖ה עַד־צֵאת֑וֹ וְיָצָ֗א וְדִבֶּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְצֻוֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and when went Moses before Yahweh to speak with him he.removed (et) the veil until he came.out and he.came.out and he.spoke to the.people of.Israel (et) \[that\].which he.was.commanded

*JPS 1917:* But when Moses went in before the LORD that He might speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out; and spoke unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

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