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title: מׇעֳמָד — standing-ground · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מׇעֳמָד (4613), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: standing-ground. BDB 1906: standing-ground, foot-hold. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מׇעֳמָד

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«מׇעֳמָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **standing-ground** — 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:** 4613 · **BDB:** מָעֳמָ֑ד

### Glosses

a.foothold (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

standing-ground [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4613/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

standing-ground, foot-hold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4613/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] standing-ground, foot-hold ψ 69:3 (in fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מׇעֳמָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4613/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.3/)

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טָבַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בִּיוֵ֣ן מְ֭צוּלָה וְאֵ֣ין מָעֳמָ֑ד בָּ֥אתִי בְמַעֲמַקֵּי־מַ֝֗יִם וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃

*Word for word:* I.have.sunk in mire of.depth and there.\[is\].not a.foothold I.have.come in depths of.water and a.flood it has.overflowed.me

*JPS 1917:* I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.

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