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title: מַעֲכָה — Maachah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲכָה (4601), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: Maachah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m., et gent. n.pr.m. n.pr.f. n.pr.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲכָה

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«מַעֲכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Maachah** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 4601 · **BDB:** מַעֲכָה

### Glosses

Maacah (7); of.Maacah (6); \[was\].Maacah (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Maachah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4601/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m., et gent. n.pr.m. n.pr.f. n.pr.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4601/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m., f. et gent. n.pr.m. 𝔊 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μα(α)χα: son of Nahor by his concubine רְאוּמָה Gn 22:22 (J), ancestor of people v. 3. father of חָנָן, a hero of David 1 Ch 11:43. Simeonite name 1 Ch 27:16. father of Achish 1 K 2:39 (v. מָעוֹךְ supra). n.pr.f. 𝔊 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μααχα, etc.: Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2 S 3:3=1 Ch 3:2. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam, 1 K 15:2; 2 Ch 11:20, 21, 22; read also מ׳ 2 Ch 13:2 (so 𝔊 𝔖) for MT מִיכָיָה, where called daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (on this difficulty v. Be Öt, and cf. c). mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom (as b) 1 K 15:10, cf. v 13=2 Ch 15:16, (on this difficulty v. Th Kmp in Kau). concubine of Caleb according to 1 Ch 2:48. wife of Machir 1 Ch 7:16, cf. v 15 (corrupt, v. Be). f. wife of (יעיאל), father of Gibeon, 1 Ch 8:29; 9:35. n.pr.gent., 𝔊 Μοοχα, Μωχα, Μα(α)χα; dwelling W. of Bashan, near Ṣoba, and Geshur (cf. especially adj. gent. infr.), 2 S 10:6, 8=1 Ch 19:7, אֲרַם מ׳ v 6 (cf. Gn 22:24 supr.);=מַעֲכָת Jos 13:13 (+ גְּשׁוּר), 𝔊 ὁ Μαχατει, Μαχαθι.—אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה v. sub בַּיִת, p. 112 supr., and אָבֵל, p. 5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4601/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.43/)

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חָנָן֙ בֶּֽן־מַעֲכָ֔ה וְיוֹשָׁפָ֖ט הַמִּתְנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hanan the.son of.Maacah and Joshaphat the Mithnite

*JPS 1917:* Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite;

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[1 Chronicles 2:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.48/)

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פִּלֶ֤גֶשׁ כָּלֵב֙ מַעֲכָ֔ה יָ֥לַד שֶׁ֖בֶר וְאֶֽת־תִּרְחֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.concubine of.Caleb Maacah he.bore Sheber and (et) Tirhanah

*JPS 1917:* Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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