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title: מִצְעָד — step · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִצְעָד (4703), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: step. BDB 1906: step. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִצְעָד

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«מִצְעָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **step** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4703 · **BDB:** מִצְעָד²

### Glosses

\[the\].steps (2); be\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

step [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4703/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

step [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4703/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] step;—pl. sf. בְּמִצְעָדָיו Dn 11:43 i.e. at his heels, in his train; cstr., fig. of course of life, מִצְעֲדֵי־גֶבֶר ψ 37:23 (‖ דַּרְכּוֹ), Pr 20:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «מִצְעָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4703/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 37:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.23/)

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מֵ֭יְהוָה מִֽצְעֲדֵי־גֶ֥בֶר כּוֹנָ֗נוּ וְדַרְכּ֥וֹ יֶחְפָּֽץ׃

*Word for word:* from Yahweh \[the\].steps of.a.man they.are.established and way his he.delights.in

*JPS 1917:* It is of the LORD that a man's goings are established; and He delighted in his way.

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[Proverbs 20:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.24/)

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מֵיהוָ֥המִצְעֲדֵי־גָ֑בֶר וְ֝אָדָ֗ם מַה־יָּבִ֥ין דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].from Yahweh \[the\].steps of.a.man and anyone what? will.he.understand way his.own

*JPS 1917:* A man's goings are of the LORD; how then can man look to his way?

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