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title: מִפְעָל — work · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִפְעָל (4659), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: work. BDB 1906: work, thing made. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִפְעָל

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«מִפְעָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **work** — 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:** 4659 · **BDB:** מִפְעָל²

### Glosses

his.works (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4659/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

work, thing made [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4659/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] work, thing made (by י׳);—pl. sf. מִפְעָלָיו Pr 8:22.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִפְעָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4659/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.22/)

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יְֽהוָ֗ה קָ֭נָנִי רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכּ֑וֹ קֶ֖דֶם מִפְעָלָ֣יו מֵאָֽז׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh he created.me the.beginning his.way his the.beginning his.works his from then

*JPS 1917:* The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.

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