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title: מְעֹנָה — den · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְעֹנָה (4585), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: den. BDB 1906: n.f. habitation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְעֹנָה

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«מְעֹנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **den** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 4585 · **BDB:** מְעֹנָה²

### Glosses

dens (5); den (2); \[is\].a.hiding.place (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

den [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4585/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. habitation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4585/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. habitation; den, lair of wild beasts: of כְּפִיר, מְעֹנָתוֹ Am 3:4, so pl. abs. מְעוֹנוֹת Jb 38:40 (‖ סֻכָּה), sf. מְעוֹנֹתָם ψ 104:22; cstr. מְעֹנוֹת אֲרָיוֹת Ct 4:8; מְעֹנֹתָיו Na 2:13 (‖ חֹרָיו; of אַרְיֵה, fig. of Nineveh); of חַיָּה in gen., בִּמְעוֹנֹתֶיהָ תִשְׁכֹּן Jb 37:8 (‖ אָ֑רֶב); so appar. fig. of men, hunted by י׳, מְעוֹנוֹתֵינוּ Je 21:13, fig. also of י׳ dwelling in temple, sg. sf., מְעוֹנָתוֹ בְּצִיּוֹן ψ 76:3 (‖ סוּכּוֹ). fig. מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם Dt 33:27 the ancient God is a refuge (for his people; cf. i. מָעוֹן 3).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְעֹנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4585/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.8/)

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וַתָּבֹ֣א חַיָּ֣ה בְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶב וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָ תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.went an.animal in a.lair and in dens its it.dwells

*JPS 1917:* Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.

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[Job 38:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.40/)

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כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.will.crouch in (the) dens they.will.remain in (the) thicket for lying-in-wait

*JPS 1917:* When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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