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title: מַעְבָּד — work · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעְבָּד (4566), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: work. BDB 1906: work. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעְבָּד

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«מַעְבָּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **work** — 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:** 4566 · **BDB:** מַעְבָּד²

### Glosses

deeds (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4566/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4566/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] work (late form; Biblical Aramaic מַעֲבַד);—pl. sf. מַעְבָּדֵיהֶם Jb 34:25.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעְבָּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4566/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 34:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.25/)

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לָכֵ֗ן יַ֭כִּיר מַעְבָּֽדֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָ֥פַךְ לַ֝֗יְלָה וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* therefore he.is.acquainted.with deeds their and he.overthrows.\[them\] night and they.are.crushed

*JPS 1917:* Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed.

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