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title: מָסֹרֶת — bond of the covenant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָסֹרֶת (4562), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bond of the covenant. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָסֹרֶת

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«מָסֹרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bond of the covenant** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4562 · **BDB:** מָסֹ֫רֶת

### Glosses

the.bond (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bond of the covenant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4562/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4562/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cstr. מ׳ הַבְּרִית bond of the covenant Ez 20:37 (= מַאֲסֹרֶת; text dub. cf. LagGN 1882, 168 f. M 61; Co reads מוסר, i.e. מוּסָר v. sub יסר; so 𝔖).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָסֹרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4562/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 20:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.37/)

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וְהַעֲבַרְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑בֶט וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּמָסֹ֥רֶת הַבְּרִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.make.pass you under the rod and I.will.bring you in the.bond of the.covenant

*JPS 1917:* And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;

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