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title: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת — Mephibosheth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת (4648), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Mephibosheth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְפִיבֹשֶׁת

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«מְפִיבֹשֶׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mephibosheth** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 4648

### Glosses

Mephibosheth (8); O.Mephibosheth (2); \[was\].Mephibosheth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mephibosheth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4648/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְפִיבֹשֶׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4648/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 9:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.9.12/)

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וְלִמְפִיבֹ֥שֶׁת בֵּן־קָטָ֖ן וּשְׁמ֣וֹ מִיכָ֑א וְכֹל֙ מוֹשַׁ֣ב בֵּית־צִיבָ֔א עֲבָדִ֖ים לִמְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃

*Word for word:* and \[belonged to\].Mephibosheth a.son young and name his \[was\].Mica and every (the).resident of.the.house of.Ziba \[were\].servants of Mephibosheth

*JPS 1917:* Now Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

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[2 Samuel 9:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.9.13/)

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וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת יֹשֵׁב֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם כִּ֣י עַל־שֻׁלְחַ֥ן הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ תָּמִ֖יד ה֣וּא אֹכֵ֑ל וְה֥וּא פִסֵּ֖חַ שְׁתֵּ֥י רַגְלָֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* and Mephibosheth \[was\].dwelling in Jerusalem (dm) on the.table of the.king continually he \[was\].eating and he \[was\].lame the.two feet his

*JPS 1917:* But Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat continually at the king's table; and he was lame on both his feet.

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