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title: מִצְהָלֹות — neighing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִצְהָלֹות (4684), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: neighing. BDB 1906: n.f. neighing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִצְהָלֹות

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«מִצְהָלֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **neighing** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4684 · **BDB:** מִצְהָלָה²

### Glosses

neighings (1); of.the.neighings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

neighing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4684/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. neighing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4684/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. neighing;—pl. cstr. קוֹל מִצְהֲלוֹת אַבִּירָיו Je 8:16 (‖ נַחְרַת סוּסָיו); sf. מִצְהֲלוֹתַיִךְ 13:27 of idolatrous Judah, under fig. of mare desiring stallion (‖ נִאֻפַיִךְ, זִמַּת זְנוּתֵךְ).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִצְהָלֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4684/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 13:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.27/)

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נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְ וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ זִמַּ֣ת זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ עַל־גְּבָעוֹת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְ א֥וֹי לָךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לֹ֣א תִטְהֲרִ֔י אַחֲרֵ֥י מָתַ֖י עֹֽד׃פ

*Word for word:* adulteri(es) your and neighings your the.wickedness your.prostitution your on hills in the field I.have.seen things your.detestable woe! to you O.Jerusalem not you.are.clean after when? yet

*JPS 1917:* Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, on the hills in the field have I seen thy detestable acts. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean! When shall it ever be?

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[Jeremiah 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.16/)

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מִדָּ֤ן נִשְׁמַע֙ נַחְרַ֣ת סוּסָ֗יו מִקּוֹל֙ מִצְהֲל֣וֹת אַבִּירָ֔יו רָעֲשָׁ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּב֗וֹאוּ וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* from Dan it.has.been.heard the.snorting his.horses his from the.sound of.the.neighings of his.mighty.\[horses\] it.has.shaken all the land and they.have.come and they.have.consumed \[the\].land and what fills.it \[the\].city and the.inhabitants in it

*JPS 1917:* The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those that dwell therein.

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