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title: מַפְתֵּחַ — key · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַפְתֵּחַ (4668), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: key. BDB 1906: n.m. key. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַפְתֵּחַ

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«מַפְתֵּחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **key** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4668 · **BDB:** מַפְתֵּחַ²

### Glosses

key (2); the.key (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

key [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4668/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. key [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4668/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. key (opening instrument);—מ׳ abs. Ju 3:25; 1 Ch 9:27; cstr. Is 22:22 (fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַפְתֵּחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4668/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 22:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.22/)

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וְנָתַתִּ֛י מַפְתֵּ֥חַ בֵּית־דָּוִ֖ד עַל־שִׁכְמ֑וֹ וּפָתַח֙ וְאֵ֣ין סֹגֵ֔ר וְסָגַ֖ר וְאֵ֥ין פֹּתֵֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.put the.key of.the.house of.David on shoulder his and he.will.open and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].shuts and he.will.shut and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].opens

*JPS 1917:* And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

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[1 Chronicles 9:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.27/)

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וּסְבִיב֥וֹת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יָלִ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת וְהֵ֥ם עַל־הַמַּפְתֵּ֖חַ וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר לַבֹּֽקֶר׃

*Word for word:* and around the.house of.(the) God they.spent.the.night (dm) \[was\].on them a.duty and they \[were\].over the key and to the morning to the morning

*JPS 1917:* And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them, and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

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