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title: מַעֲבָר — ford · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲבָר (4569), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: ford. BDB 1906: ford, pass, passing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲבָר

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«מַעֲבָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ford** — 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:** 4569 · **BDB:** מַעֲבָר²

### Glosses

blow (1); the.ford (1); the.pass (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ford [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4569/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ford, pass, passing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4569/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] ford, pass, passing;—only cstr.: מַעֲבַר יַבֹּק Gn 32:23 (J) the ford of (the) Jabbok. pass, מַעֲבַר מִכְמָשׂ 1 S 13:23 the pass of M. passing, sweep, כָּל־מַעֲבַר מַטֶּה Is 30:32 every sweep of the rod (עָבַר 4 c).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲבָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4569/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 13:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.13.23/)

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וַיֵּצֵא֙ מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אֶֽל־מַעֲבַ֖ר מִכְמָֽשׂ׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.came.out the.garrison of.\[the\].Philistines to the.pass of.Micmash

*JPS 1917:* And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.

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[Isaiah 30:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.32/)

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וְהָיָ֗ה כֹּ֤ל מַֽעֲבַר֙ מַטֵּ֣ה מֽוּסָדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָנִ֤יחַ יְהוָה֙ עָלָ֔יו בְּתֻפִּ֖ים וּבְכִנֹּר֑וֹת וּבְמִלְחֲמ֥וֹת תְּנוּפָ֖ה נִלְחַם־בָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be every blow of.\[the\].staff of.appointment which he.will.place Yahweh on it with tambourines and with harps and with battles of.brandishing he.will.fight against them

*JPS 1917:* And in every place where the appointed staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps; and in battles of wielding will He fight with them.

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