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title: מְעָרָה — cave · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְעָרָה (4632), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cave. BDB 1906: n.f. cave. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְעָרָה

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«מְעָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cave** — 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:** 4632 · **BDB:** מְעָרָה²

### Glosses

caves (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4632/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4632/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cave;—abs. מ׳ Gn 19:30 +; cstr. מְעָרַת 23:19 +; pl. מְעָרוֹת Ju 6:2 +, cstr. id. Is 2:19;—cave, especially as place of sojourn or refuge Gn 19:30 (J), 1 S 24:3(×2), 7, 8, 10 (Ginsb v 4, 8, 9, 11 van d. H. Baer), 1 K 19:1; 13, Ez 33:27; Jos 10:16 (מ׳ בַמַּקֵּדָה) + 7 times Jos 10; Ju 6:2; 1 S 13:6; 1 K 18:4, 13; cf. ψ 57:1; 142:1; מְעָרוֹת צֻרִים Is 2:19, hence מ׳ פָּרִצִים Je 7:11 robbers’ cave; Is 32:14 den (of wild beasts);—מ׳ עֲדֻלָּם 1 S 22:1; 2 S 23:13, whence in ‖ 1 Ch 11:15, read prob. מְצֻדַת ע׳ or מְצָדַת We, cf. Dr, Bu Kit HPS;—as burial place, מ׳ הַמַּכְפֵּלָה Gn 23:9 + (v. מַכְפֵּלָה) = מ׳ alone 23:11, 17, 20; 49:29, 32 (all P). מ׳ אֲשֶׁר לַצִּידֹנִים Jos 13:4 (D), cave-region in Lebanon E. of Sidon, mod. Mughâr Ǧezzîn, according to most, but dub.; perhaps, rather, near Tyre BuhlMDPV 1895, 55.

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְעָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4632/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 32:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.14/)

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כִּֽי־אַרְמ֣וֹן נֻטָּ֔שׁ הֲמ֥וֹן עִ֖יר עֻזָּ֑ב עֹ֣פֶל וָבַ֜חַן הָיָ֨ה בְעַ֤ד מְעָרוֹת֙ עַד־עוֹלָ֔ם מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ פְּרָאִ֖ים מִרְעֵ֥ה עֲדָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[the\].palace it.will.be.forsaken \[the\].tumult of.\[the\].city it.will.be.abandoned \[the\].hill and.\[the\] watchtower it.will.become behind caves until perpetuity a.joy of.wild.donkeys a.pasture of.flocks

*JPS 1917:* For the palace shall be forsaken; the city with its stir shall be deserted; the mound and the tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

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