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title: מַקֶּבֶת — hole · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַקֶּבֶת (4718), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hole. BDB 1906: n.f. hole, excavation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַקֶּבֶת

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«מַקֶּבֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hole** — 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:** 4718 · **BDB:** מַקֶּ֫בֶת³

### Glosses

\[the\].excavation (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hole [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4718/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hole, excavation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4718/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hole, excavation;—only cstr. מ׳ בּוֹר Is 51:1 (fig.), excavation of a pit, = quarry (‖ צוּר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַקֶּבֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4718/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 51:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.1/)

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שִׁמְע֥וּ אֵלַ֛י רֹ֥דְפֵי צֶ֖דֶק מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַבִּ֙יטוּ֙ אֶל־צ֣וּר חֻצַּבְתֶּ֔ם וְאֶל־מַקֶּ֥בֶת בּ֖וֹר נֻקַּרְתֶּֽם׃

*Word for word:* listen to me O.\[you.who\].pursue (of).righteousness \[you.who\].seek (of).Yahweh look to \[the\].rock \[which\].you.were.dug and to \[the\].excavation of.\[the\].pit \[which\].you.were.dug.out

*JPS 1917:* Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD; look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

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