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title: מִפְתָּן — threshold · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִפְתָּן (4670), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: threshold. BDB 1906: threshold. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִפְתָּן

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«מִפְתָּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **threshold** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4670 · **BDB:** מִפְתָּן²

### Glosses

the.threshold (6); threshold (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

threshold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4670/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

threshold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4670/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] threshold (cf. NH פָּתִין cross-beam;? Arabic فَيْتَنٌ carpenter);—abs. מ׳ 1 S 5:4; Zp 1:9; cstr. מִפְתַּן דָּגוֹן 1 S 5:5, מ׳ הַבַּיִת Ez 9:3; 10:4, 18; 47:1, מ׳ הַשַּׁעַר 46:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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 «מִפְתָּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4670/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.10.18/)

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וַיֵּצֵא֙ כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל מִפְתַּ֣ן הַבָּ֑יִת וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד עַל־הַכְּרוּבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.went.out the.glory of.Yahweh from at the.threshold of the.house and it.stood.still above the cherubim

*JPS 1917:* And the glory of the LORD went forth from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

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[1 Samuel 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.5.5/)

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עַל־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא־יִדְרְכוּ֩ כֹהֲנֵ֨י דָג֜וֹן וְכָֽל־הַבָּאִ֧ים בֵּית־דָּג֛וֹן עַל־מִפְתַּ֥ן דָּג֖וֹן בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* therefore not they.tread the.priests of.Dagon and all \[those who\].go the.house of.Dagon on the.threshold of.Dagon in Ashdod until the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

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