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title: מָעוֹר — nakedness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָעוֹר (4589), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: nakedness. BDB 1906: nakedness, pudendum. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָעוֹר

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«מָעוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **nakedness** — 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:** 4589 · **BDB:** מָעוֹר²

### Glosses

nakedness(es) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

nakedness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4589/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

nakedness, pudendum [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4589/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] nakedness, pudendum;—only pl. sf. מְעוֹרֵיהֶם Hb 2:15.

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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 (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 «מָעוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4589/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.15/)

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ה֚וֹי מַשְׁקֵ֣ה רֵעֵ֔הוּ מְסַפֵּ֥חַ חֲמָתְךָ֖ וְאַ֣ף שַׁכֵּ֑ר לְמַ֥עַן הַבִּ֖יט עַל־מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! \[one.who\].makes.drink neighbor (of).his \[one.who\].mixes rage your and even you.make.\[them\].drunk so.as to.look on nakedness(es) their

*JPS 1917:* Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy venom thereto, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

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