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title: מִפְקָד — muster · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִפְקָד (4662), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: muster. BDB 1906: muster, appointment, appointed place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִפְקָד

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«מִפְקָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **muster** — 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:** 4662 · **BDB:** מִפְקָד²

### Glosses

of.the.muster (2); the.appointed.place (1); the.appointment (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

muster [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4662/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

muster, appointment, appointed place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4662/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] muster, appointment, appointed place;—abs. מ׳ only in שַׁעַר הַמּ׳ Ne 3:31, v. i. שַׁעַר; cstr. מִפְקַד: muster of people 2 S 24:9 = 1 Ch 21:5. appointment of (by) Hezekiah 2 Ch 31:13. appointed place of (in) temple Ez 43:21 (Krae watch, guard-house; Köii 1, 93 conj. מוֹקֵד).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 4 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִפְקָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4662/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 43:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.43.21/)

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וְלָ֣קַחְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת הַפָּ֣ר הַֽחַטָּ֑את וּשְׂרָפוֹ֙ בְּמִפְקַ֣ד הַבַּ֔יִת מִח֖וּץ לַמִּקְדָּֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take (et) the.young bull the.sin offering and someone will.burn.it in the.appointed.place of the.house from.\[the\] outside of the sanctuary

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

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[2 Samuel 24:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.9/)

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וַיִּתֵּ֥ן יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַתְּהִ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל שְׁמֹנֶה֩ מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף אִֽישׁ־חַ֙יִל֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב וְאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה חֲמֵשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.gave Joab (et) the.number of.the.muster of the.people to the king and it.was Israel eight hundred(s) thousand man of.strength \[who\].drew a.sword and the.man of.Judah \[was\].five hundred(s) thousand man

*JPS 1917:* And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

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