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title: מַפְרֶקֶת — neck · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַפְרֶקֶת (4665), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: neck. BDB 1906: n.f. neck. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַפְרֶקֶת

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«מַפְרֶקֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **neck** — 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:** 4665 · **BDB:** מַפְרֶ֫קֶת²

### Glosses

neck (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

neck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4665/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. neck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4665/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. neck (dividing head from body);—sf. וַתִּשָּׁבֵר מַפְרַקְתּוֹ 1 S 4:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַפְרֶקֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4665/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.4.18/)

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וַיְהִ֞י כְּהַזְכִּיר֣וֹ ׀ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיִּפֹּ֣ל מֵֽעַל־הַ֠כִּסֵּא אֲחֹ֨רַנִּ֜ית בְּעַ֣ד ׀ יַ֣ד הַשַּׁ֗עַר וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֤ר מַפְרַקְתּוֹ֙ וַיָּמֹ֔ת כִּֽי־זָקֵ֥ן הָאִ֖ישׁ וְכָבֵ֑ד וְה֛וּא שָׁפַ֥ט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was just as he.brought.to.remembrance (et) the.ark of.(the) God and he.fell from on the seat backwards behind the.side of the.gate and it.was.broken neck his and he.died (dm) he.was.old the man and heavy and he he.had.judged (et) Israel forty year\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

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