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title: מַעֲלָל — deed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲלָל (4611), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 41 times: deed. BDB 1906: n.m. deed, practice. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲלָל

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«מַעֲלָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deed** — 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:** 41 times · **Key:** 4611 · **BDB:** מַעֲלָל

### Glosses

deeds (19); your.deeds (8); their.deeds (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4611/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. deed, practice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4611/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ne 9:35 deed, practice;—only pl. מַעֲלָלִים 1 S 25:3; cstr. מַעַלְלֵי ψ 77:12; 78:1; sf. מַעֲלָלֶיךָ Dt 28:20, מַעֲלָלָיו Ho 4:9 + מַעַלְלֵיכֶם Is 1:16 +, מַעַלְלֵיהֶם 3:10 +, etc.;— usually (especially Je 17 times) bad practices of men, רַע מַעֲלָלִים 1 S 25:3 he was evil in his practices; Ju 2:19 (‖ דֶּרֶךְ), Ho 5:5; 7:2; Is 3:8; Je 11:18 ψ 106:29, 39 (‖ מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם); מ׳ הָרָעִים Ne 9:35; רֹעַ מ׳ the evil of your (their, etc.) practices Ho 9:15; Is 1:16; Je 4:4; 21:12 (sf. 3 mpl. Kt, 2 mpl. Qr), +; מ׳ הָרָעִים Zc 1:4 Qr (+ ד׳ הָרָעִים; Kt מעליליהם), מ׳ אֲשֶׁר לֹא טוֹבִים Ez 36:31 (+ id.); הֵרֵעוּ מ׳ Mi 3:4; פְּרִי מ׳, i.e. their consequences, Is 3:10 Je 17:10; 21:14; 32:19 (+ דֶּרֶךְ). deeds of י׳ ψ 77:12, of אֵל 78:7; cf. Mi 2:7. acts, in gen., of youth Pr 20:11 (‖ פָּעֳלוֹ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲלָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4611/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 77:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.12/)

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אֶזְכּ֥וֹר מַֽעַלְלֵי־יָ֑הּ כִּֽי־אֶזְכְּרָ֖ה מִקֶּ֣דֶם פִּלְאֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* I.will.remember the.deeds of.Yahweh (dm) I.will.remember from antiquity wonder\[s\] your

*JPS 1917:* I will make mention of the deeds of the LORD; yea, I will remember Thy wonders of old.

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[Isaiah 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.10/)

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אִמְר֥וּ צַדִּ֖יק כִּי־ט֑וֹב כִּֽי־פְרִ֥י מַעַלְלֵיהֶ֖ם יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* tell \[the\].righteous (dm).that good (dm) the.fruit their.deeds their they.will.eat

*JPS 1917:* Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

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