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title: מָעוֹךְ — Maoch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָעוֹךְ (4582), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Maoch. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָעוֹךְ

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«מָעוֹךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Maoch** — 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:** 4582 · **BDB:** מָעוֹךְ

### Glosses

of.Maoch (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Maoch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4582/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4582/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Achish of Gath (on form cf. LagBN 32);—1 S 27:2 (𝔊 Αμμαχ, A Μωαβ, 𝔊L Αχιμααν)=מַעֲכָה 1 K 2:39 (𝔊 Αμησα, A 𝔊L Μααχα).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָעוֹךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4582/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 27:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.27.2/)

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וַיָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֔ד וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר ה֔וּא וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמּ֑וֹ אֶל־אָכִ֥ישׁ בֶּן־מָע֖וֹךְ מֶ֥לֶךְ גַּֽת׃

*Word for word:* and he.arose David and he.passed.over he and six hundred(s) man who \[were\].with him to Achish the.son of.Maoch the.king of.Gath

*JPS 1917:* And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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