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title: מִקְוָה — reservoir · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְוָה (4724), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: reservoir. BDB 1906: n.f. reservoir. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְוָה

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«מִקְוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reservoir** — 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:** 4724 · **BDB:** מִקְוָה

### Glosses

a.reservoir (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reservoir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4724/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. reservoir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4724/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. reservoir;—Is 22:11.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4724/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 22:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.11/)

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וּמִקְוָ֣ה ׀ עֲשִׂיתֶ֗ם בֵּ֚ין הַחֹ֣מֹתַ֔יִם לְמֵ֖י הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הַיְשָׁנָ֑ה וְלֹ֤א הִבַּטְתֶּם֙ אֶל־עֹשֶׂ֔יהָ וְיֹצְרָ֥הּ מֵֽרָח֖וֹק לֹ֥א רְאִיתֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and a.reservoir you.made between the.two walls for the.water of the.pool (the) old and not you.looked to the.\[one who\].made.it and the.\[one who\].planned.it from distant.\[time\] not you.considered

*JPS 1917:* ye made also a basin between the two walls for the water of the old pool — but ye looked not unto Him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto Him that fashioned it long ago.

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