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title: מַעֲמָד — office · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲמָד (4612), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: office. BDB 1906: office, function, service. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲמָד

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«מַעֲמָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **office** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4612 · **BDB:** מַעֲמָד²

### Glosses

position (3); the.standing (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

office [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4612/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

office, function, service [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4612/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] office, function, service;— station, office, post מַעֲמָֽדְךָ Is 22:19 (‖ מַצָּֽבְךָ), עַל־מַעֲמָדָם 2 Ch 35:15 at their post. office, function 1 Ch 23:28. service, prob. specif. waiting at table (strictly mode of standing), cstr. מַעֲמַד מְשָֽׁרְתָיו 1 K 10:5 = 2 Ch 9:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲמָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4612/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 22:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.19/)

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וַהֲדַפְתִּ֖יךָ מִמַּצָּבֶ֑ךָ וּמִמַּעֲמָֽדְךָ֖ יֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and I will.drive.you from office your and from position your he will.tear.you.down

*JPS 1917:* And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.

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[1 Chronicles 23:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.28/)

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כִּ֣י מַעֲמָדָ֞ם לְיַד־בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֗ן לַעֲבֹדַת֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה עַל־הַחֲצֵרוֹת֙ וְעַל־הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת וְעַֽל־טָהֳרַ֖ת לְכָל־קֹ֑דֶשׁ וּמַֽעֲשֵׂ֔ה עֲבֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* (dm) position their \[was\].to the.side of.the.descendants of.Aaron for the.service of.the.house of.Yahweh over the courts and over the store-rooms and over \[the\].purification of every holy.thing and the.work of.the.service of.the.house of.(the) God

*JPS 1917:* For their station was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

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