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title: מַעְיָן — spring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעְיָן (4599), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: spring. BDB 1906: n.m. spring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעְיָן

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«מַעְיָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spring** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 4599 · **BDB:** מַעְיָן²

### Glosses

a.spring (7); springs (6); the.springs (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4599/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. spring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4599/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 8:24 spring;—abs. מ׳ ψ 74:15 +; cstr. מַעְיַן 2 K 3:25 +, מַעְיְנוֹ ψ 114:8 (Ges§ 90 n); sf. מַעְיָנוֹ Ho 13:15; pl. מַעְיָנוֹת Is 41:18 +, מַעְיָנִים ψ 104:10; cstr. מַעְיְנוֹת Gn 7:11 +, מַעְיְנֵי 1 K 18:5; 2 K 3:19, מַעַיְנֵי Is 12:3; sf. מַעְיָנַי ψ 87:7 (but v. infr.), מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ Pr 5:16;—spring, cstr. before מַיִם 1 K 18:5; 2 K 3:19, 25, Jos 15:9; 18:15 (both P), ψ 114:8, cf. Pr 8:24; מַע׳ alone Is 41:18; Lv 11:36 (P), ψ 74:15; 104:10; 2 Ch 32:4, cf. Jo 4:18 (in eschatol. picture); in sim. Pr 25:26; מ׳ תְּהוֹם Gn 7:11; 8:2 (cf. Pr 8:28); fig. of source of happiness, enjoyment Ho 13:15 (‖ מְקוֹרוֹ) ψ 84:7; Pr 5:16 (of wife, v. Toy), cf. מ׳ חָתוּם Ct 4:12, מ׳ גַּנִּים v 15; also ψ 87:7 (si vera l.; so De Che Du; Hup Bae We read form of מָעוֹן dwelling); מ׳ הַיִשׁוּעָה Is 12:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעְיָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4599/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 74:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.15/)

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אַתָּ֣ה בָ֭קַעְתָּ מַעְיָ֣ן וָנָ֑חַל אַתָּ֥ה ה֝וֹבַ֗שְׁתָּ נַהֲר֥וֹת אֵיתָֽן׃

*Word for word:* you you.broke.open a.spring and a.torrent you you.dried.up rivers of.ever-flowing

*JPS 1917:* Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

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[Psalms 87:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.87.7/)

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וְשָׁרִ֥ים כְּחֹלְלִ֑ים כָּֽל־מַעְיָנַ֥י בָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and singers like dancers all springs my \[are\].in you

*JPS 1917:* And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee.

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