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title: מָעוֹג — cake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָעוֹג (4580), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cake. BDB 1906: cake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָעוֹג

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«מָעוֹג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cake** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4580 · **BDB:** מָעוֹג²

### Glosses

food (1); of.cake (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4580/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4580/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] cake;—abs. 1 K 17:12; לַעֲגֵי מ׳ ψ 35:16 mockers of (for) a cake, i.e. buffoons, but 𝔊 Che al. read לַעַג (לֹעֲגֵי) לָֽעֲגוּ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «מָעוֹג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4580/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 35:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.16/)

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בְּ֭חַנְפֵי לַעֲגֵ֣י מָע֑וֹג חָרֹ֖ק עָלַ֣י שִׁנֵּֽימוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (in).godless \[ones\] of.mockers of.cake they.gnashed towards me teeth their

*JPS 1917:* With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

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[1 Kings 17:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.17.12/)

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וַתֹּ֗אמֶר חַי־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אִם־יֶשׁ־לִ֣י מָע֔וֹג כִּ֣י אִם־מְלֹ֤א כַף־קֶ֙מַח֙ בַּכַּ֔ד וּמְעַט־שֶׁ֖מֶן בַּצַּפָּ֑חַת וְהִנְנִ֨י מְקֹשֶׁ֜שֶׁת שְׁנַ֣יִם עֵצִ֗ים וּבָ֙אתִי֙ וַעֲשִׂיתִ֙יהוּ֙ לִ֣י וְלִבְנִ֔י וַאֲכַלְנֻ֖הוּ וָמָֽתְנוּ׃

*Word for word:* and she.said \[by\].the.life of.Yahweh God your if there.\[is\] for me food (dm) (if) \[the\].fullness of.a.palm of.flour in (the) jar and a.little of.oil in the jug and here I \[am\].gathering two wood(s) and I.will.go and I will.prepare.it for myself and for son my and we will.eat.it and we.will.die

*JPS 1917:* And she said: 'As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.'

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