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title: מַצְפּוּנִים — hidden treasure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַצְפּוּנִים (4710), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hidden treasure. BDB 1906: hidden treasure, treasure. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַצְפּוּנִים

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«מַצְפּוּנִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hidden treasure** — 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:** 4710 · **BDB:** מַצְפּוֹן

### Glosses

treasures (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hidden treasure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4710/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hidden treasure, treasure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4710/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hidden treasure, treasure;—sf. מַצְפּוּנָיו Ob 6 his treasures.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַצְפּוּנִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4710/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Obadiah 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.6/)

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אֵ֚יךְ נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ עֵשָׂ֔ו נִבְע֖וּ מַצְפֻּנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* how! they.will.be.plundered Esau they.will.be.searched.out treasures its.hidden

*JPS 1917:* How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!

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