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title: מֹעַל — lifting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹעַל (4607), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: lifting. BDB 1906: lifting. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹעַל

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«מֹעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lifting** — 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:** 4607 · **BDB:** מֹ֫עַל²

### Glosses

the.raising (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lifting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4607/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

lifting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4607/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] lifting;—בְּמֹעַל יְדֵיהֶם Ne 8:6.

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4607/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.6/)

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וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ עֶזְרָ֔א אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הַגָּד֑וֹל וַיַּֽעֲנ֨וּ כָל־הָעָ֜ם אָמֵ֤ן ׀ אָמֵן֙ בְּמֹ֣עַל יְדֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּקְּד֧וּ וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ֛ לַיהוָ֖ה אַפַּ֥יִם אָֽרְצָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.blessed Ezra (et) Yahweh (the) God (the) great and they.answered all the people amen amen in the.raising their.hands their and they.bowed.low and they.bowed.down to Yahweh face ground to.\[the\]

*JPS 1917:* And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered: 'Amen, Amen', with the lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and fell down before the LORD with their faces to the ground.

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