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title: מַעֲמָסָה — load · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲמָסָה (4614), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: load. BDB 1906: n.f. load, burden. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲמָסָה

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«מַעֲמָסָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **load** — 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:** 4614 · **BDB:** מַעֲמָסָה²

### Glosses

of.burden (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

load [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4614/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. load, burden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4614/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. load, burden;—אֶבֶן מ׳ Zc 12:3 a stone of burden = heavy stone, hard to lift.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «מַעֲמָסָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4614/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.3/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה בַיּוֹם־הַ֠הוּא אָשִׂ֨ים אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם אֶ֤בֶן מַֽעֲמָסָה֙ לְכָל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים כָּל־עֹמְסֶ֖יהָ שָׂר֣וֹט יִשָּׂרֵ֑טוּ וְנֶאֶסְפ֣וּ עָלֶ֔יהָ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be on the day (the) that I.will.make (et) Jerusalem a.stone of.burden for all the peoples all \[those who\].carry.it severely.(injure) they.will.injure.themselves and they.will.gather on it all the.nations of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a stone of burden for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.

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