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title: מַצָּע — couch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַצָּע (4702), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: couch. BDB 1906: n.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַצָּע

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«מַצָּע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **couch** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4702 · **BDB:** מַצָּע

### Glosses

bed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

couch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4702/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4702/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. couch, bed; קָצַר הַמּ׳ מֵהִשְׂתָּרֵעַ Is 28:20 the bed is too short for one to stretch oneself (מַסֵּכָה coverlet in ‖ cl.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַצָּע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4702/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.20/)

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כִּֽי־קָצַ֥ר הַמַּצָּ֖ע מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה צָ֖רָה כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃

*Word for word:* (dm) it.is.\[too\].short the bed for stretching.oneself and the.woven stuff it.is.narrow just as.wraps.oneself.up

*JPS 1917:* For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.

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