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title: מִפְשָׂעָה — stepping-region · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִפְשָׂעָה (4667), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: stepping-region. BDB 1906: n.f. stepping-region hip buttock. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִפְשָׂעָה

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«מִפְשָׂעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stepping-region** — 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:** 4667 · **BDB:** מִפְשָׂעָה²

### Glosses

buttock\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stepping-region [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4667/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. stepping-region hip buttock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4667/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. stepping-region of body, hip or buttock; עַד־הָמּ׳ 1 Ch 19:4 (= שְׁתוֹתֵיהֶם ‖ 2 S 10:4).

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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, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִפְשָׂעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4667/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 19:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.19.4/)

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וַיִּקַּ֨ח חָנ֜וּן אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י דָוִיד֙ וַֽיְגַלְּחֵ֔ם וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת אֶת־מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם בַּחֵ֖צִי עַד־הַמִּפְשָׂעָ֑ה וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Hanun (et) the.servants of.David and he shaved.them and he.cut.off (et) robes their in the middle to the buttock\[s\] and he sent.them.away

*JPS 1917:* So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their hips, and sent them away.

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