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title: מִקְוֶה — hope · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְוֶה (4723), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: hope. BDB 1906: hope. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְוֶה

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«מִקְוֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hope** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4723 · **BDB:** מִקְוֶה

### Glosses

O.hope (2); hope (2); the.hope (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hope [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4723/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hope [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4723/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hope;—abs. מ׳ 1 Ch 29:15 Ezr 10:2; cstr. in phr. מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל, epithet of י׳, Je 14:8; 17:13, cf. 50:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְוֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4723/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 14:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.8/)

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מִקְוֵה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֽוֹשִׁיע֖וֹ בְּעֵ֣ת צָרָ֑ה לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיֶה֙ כְּגֵ֣ר בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַ נָטָ֥ה לָלֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* O.hope of.Israel deliverer its in a.time of.distress why? are.you like a.sojourner in the land and like a.traveler \[who\].he.has.turned.aside to spend.the.night

*JPS 1917:* O Thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

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[Jeremiah 17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.13/)

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מִקְוֵ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־עֹזְבֶ֖יךָ יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ וְסוּרַי֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ יִכָּתֵ֔בוּ כִּ֥י עָזְב֛וּ מְק֥וֹר מַֽיִם־חַיִּ֖ים אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* O.hope of.Israel O.Yahweh all \[those who\].forsake.you they.will.be.ashamed and my.disloyal \[ones\] in the land they.will.be.written.down (dm) they.have.forsaken \[the\].spring of.water living (et) Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Thou hope of Israel, the LORD! All that forsake Thee shall be ashamed; they that depart from Thee shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

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