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title: מִפְלֶצֶת — horrid thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִפְלֶצֶת (4656), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: horrid thing. BDB 1906: n.f. horrid thing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִפְלֶצֶת

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«מִפְלֶצֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **horrid thing** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4656 · **BDB:** מִפְלֶ֫צֶת²

### Glosses

an.abominable.image (2); image (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

horrid thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4656/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. horrid thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4656/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. horrid thing (thing to shudder at);—עָֽשְׂתָה מ׳ לַאֲשֵׁרָה 1 K 15:13 (of some abominable object of idolatry, not precisely known), so sf. מִפְלַצְתָּהּ v 13 = 2 Ch 15:16(×2).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִפְלֶצֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4656/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 15:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.13/)

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וְגַ֣ם ׀ אֶת־מַעֲכָ֣ה אִמּ֗וֹ וַיְסִרֶ֙הָ֙ מִגְּבִירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה מִפְלֶ֖צֶת לָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and also (et) Maacah mother his and he removed.her from queen-mother who she.had.made an.abominable.image to.(the) Asherah pole and he.cut.down Asa (et) image her.abominable and he.burned.\[it\] in the.wadi of.Kidron

*JPS 1917:* And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

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[2 Chronicles 15:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.15.16/)

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וְגַֽם־מַעֲכָ֞ה אֵ֣ם ׀ אָסָ֣א הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הֱסִירָהּ֙ מִגְּבִירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה מִפְלָ֑צֶת וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיָּ֕דֶק וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and also Maacah the.mother of.Asa the king he removed.her from queen-mother that she.had.made to an.Asherah.pole an.abominable.image and he.cut.down Asa (et) image her.abominable and he.pulverized.\[it\] and he.burned.\[it\] in the.wadi of.Kidron

*JPS 1917:* And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

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