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title: מַקֵּדָה — Makkedah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַקֵּדָה (4719), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Makkedah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַקֵּדָה

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«מַקֵּדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Makkedah** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 4719 · **BDB:** מַקֵּדָה

### Glosses

Makkedah (7); of.Makkedah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Makkedah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4719/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4719/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Judah Jos 15:41, near Beth Horon Jos 10:10, and Libnah v 29, where was a cave v 16, 17, cf. v 21, captured by Joshua v 28, with a king v 28; 12:16. 𝔊 Μακηδα. Site dubious, WarrenSurvey Mem. ii. 411 ff., 427 comp. El-mughâr, c. 2¾ miles SW. from Ekron.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַקֵּדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4719/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.16/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ מַקֵּדָה֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ בֵּֽית־אֵ֖לבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Makkedah one the.king of Bethel one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;

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[Joshua 10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.10.16/)

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וַיָּנֻ֕סוּ חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֵּחָבְא֥וּ בַמְּעָרָ֖ה בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.fled the.five the kings (the) these and they.hid.themselves in the cave at Makkedah

*JPS 1917:* And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

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