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title: מְצוֹלָה — depth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְצוֹלָה (4688), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: depth. BDB 1906: n.f. depth, deep. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְצוֹלָה

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«מְצוֹלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **depth** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 4688 · **BDB:** מְצוֹלָה²

### Glosses

depths (5); \[the\].deep (3); deep (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

depth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4688/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. depth, deep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4688/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. depth, deep;—abs. מְצוּלָה Jb 41:23 +; pl. abs. מְצוֹלֹת Ex 15:5; Ne 9:11, מְצֹלוֹת ψ 88:7; cstr. מְצוּלוֹת Zc 10:11, מְצֻלוֹת Mi 7:19 ψ 68:23;—depth, pl. מ׳ יָם depths of the sea Mi 7:19 ψ 68:23; abs. Ex 15:5 (of Red Sea) Ne 9:11 (id.); fig. of deep distress ψ 88:7 (‖ בּוֹר תַּחְתִּיּוֹת); מ׳ יְאֹר Zc 10:11 (i.e. of Nile); sg. = the deep sea, deep, ψ 107:24; Jon 2:4; Jb 41:23 (in hyperb. descript. of crocodile); depth of marsh, swamp, בִּיוֵן מ׳ ψ 69:3 in mire of (the) depth, fig. of distress (‖ מַעֲמַקֵּי־מַיִם), cf. מ׳ alone v 16 (‖ בְּאֵר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְצוֹלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4688/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 15:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.5/)

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תְּהֹמֹ֖ת יְכַסְיֻ֑מוּ יָרְד֥וּ בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת כְּמוֹ־אָֽבֶן׃

*Word for word:* the.deeps they have.covered.them they.went.down in.\[the\] depths like a.stone

*JPS 1917:* The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.

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[Psalms 88:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.7/)

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שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* you have.put.me in a.pit of.lowest.parts in.\[the\] dark.places in.\[the\] depths

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

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