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title: מַעֲבֶה — thickness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲבֶה (4568), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: thickness. BDB 1906: thickness, compactness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲבֶה

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«מַעֲבֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thickness** — 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:** 4568 · **BDB:** מַעֲבֶה²

### Glosses

the.thickness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thickness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4568/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thickness, compactness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4568/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] si vera l., thickness, compactness; — בְּמַעֲבֵה הָאֲדָמָה 1 K 7:46 in the compactness of the soil, i.e. clayey ground or clay mould = 2 Ch 4:17 (where MT בַּעֲבִי הָ׳); but read doubtless in both בְּמַעְבֶּרֶת אֲדָבָה at the ford of Adamah, v. GFM Ju 7:22 BenzK.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «מַעֲבֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4568/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 7:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.46/)

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בְּכִכַּ֤ר הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ יְצָקָ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּמַעֲבֵ֖ה הָאֲדָמָ֑ה בֵּ֥ין סֻכּ֖וֹת וּבֵ֥ין צָרְתָֽן׃

*Word for word:* in the.valley of the.Jordan he cast.them the king in the.thickness of the.ground between Succoth and between Zarethan

*JPS 1917:* In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

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