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title: מִצְנֶפֶת — turban · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִצְנֶפֶת (4701), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: turban. BDB 1906: n.f. turban. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִצְנֶפֶת

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«מִצְנֶפֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turban** — 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:** 4701 · **BDB:** מִצְנֶ֫פֶת²

### Glosses

turban (8); a.turban (3); the.turban (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turban [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4701/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. turban [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4701/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. turban of high priest;—abs. מ׳ Ez 21:31, מִצְנָ֑פֶת Ex 28:37; 29:6; cstr. מִצְנֶ֫פֶת Lv 16:4;—turban of linen Ex 28:4, 37(×2), 39; 29:6(×2); 39:28, 31; Lv 8:9(×2); 16:4; sign of royalty Ez 21:31.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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 «מִצְנֶפֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4701/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.39/)

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וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ֙ הַכְּתֹ֣נֶת שֵׁ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִצְנֶ֣פֶת שֵׁ֑שׁ וְאַבְנֵ֥ט תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה רֹקֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.weave the tunic fine.linen and you.will.make a.turban of.fine.linen and a.sash you.will.make \[the\].work of.a.worker.in.colors

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt weave the tunic in chequer work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the weaver in colours.

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[Exodus 29:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.6/)

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וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ הַמִּצְנֶ֖פֶת עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וְנָתַתָּ֛ אֶת־נֵ֥זֶר הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ עַל־הַמִּצְנָֽפֶת׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.put the turban on head his and you.will.put (et) the.crown of.(the) holiness on the turban

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

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