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title: מִסְפּוֹא — fodder · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִסְפּוֹא (4554), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: fodder. BDB 1906: n.m. fodder. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִסְפּוֹא

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«מִסְפּוֹא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fodder** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4554 · **BDB:** מִסְפּוֹא²

### Glosses

fodder (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fodder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4554/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fodder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4554/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 24:25 fodder;—always abs. מ׳, Gn 24:25, elsewhere obj. of נָתַן v 32; 43:24 (all J) 42:27 (E) Ju 19:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «מִסְפּוֹא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4554/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 24:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.25/)

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וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו גַּם־תֶּ֥בֶן גַּם־מִסְפּ֖וֹא רַ֣ב עִמָּ֑נוּ גַּם־מָק֖וֹם לָלֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* and she.said to him both straw as.well.as fodder much \[is\].with us also room to stay.the.night

*JPS 1917:* She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'

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[Genesis 43:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.24/)

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וַיָּבֵ֥א הָאִ֛ישׁ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים בֵּ֣יתָה יוֹסֵ֑ף וַיִּתֶּן־מַ֙יִם֙ וַיִּרְחֲצ֣וּ רַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּתֵּ֥ן מִסְפּ֖וֹא לַחֲמֹֽרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought the man (et) the men the.house to of.Joseph and he.gave water and they.washed feet their and he.gave fodder to donkeys their

*JPS 1917:* And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

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