---
title: מָקוֹר — spring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָקוֹר (4726), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: spring. BDB 1906: n.m. spring, fountain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4726.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-8.md)‎ / מָקוֹר‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# מָקוֹר

<!-- .meta -->
«מָקוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spring** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 18 times · **Key:** 4726 · **BDB:** מָקוֹר²

### Glosses

\[is\].a.fountain (4); a.fountain (4); spring (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4726/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. spring, fountain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4726/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Zc 13:1 spring, fountain (app. orig. well);—abs. מ׳ Zc 13:1; Pr 25:26; cstr. מְקוֹר Je 2:13 +, מְקֹר Lv 12:7; 20:18; sf. מְקוֹרוֹ Ho 13:15, etc.;— spring of water: fig., of י׳, מ׳ מַיִם חַיִים Je 2:13; 17:13, cf. מ׳ חַיִּים ψ 36:10; מ׳ חַיִּים (more gen.), Pr 10:11; 13:14; 14:27; 16:22 + 18:4 (so read for מ׳ חָכְמָה 𝔊 Heb Codd Toy). fig. of purification Zc 13:1. מָקוֹר מָשְׁחָת Pr 25:26 (fig.; + מַעְיָן). fig. of source of life and vigour Ho 13:15 Je 51:36; of a nation’s orig. source, stock ψ 68:27 (Kay Che, of temple); source of joy Pr 5:18 (fig. of wife; ‖ אֵשֶׁת). fig. of eye, מְקוֹר דִּמְעָה, Je 8:23. source of menstruous blood, מְ׳ דָּמֶיהָ Lv 20:18, so מְקֹרָהּ v 18 (H). = flow of blood after child-birth מְ׳ דָּמֶיהָ 12:7 (P).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָקוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4726/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 68:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.27/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
בְּֽ֭מַקְהֵלוֹת בָּרְכ֣וּ אֱלֹהִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִמְּק֥וֹר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* in assemblies bless God Yahweh from the.fountain of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* 'Bless ye God in full assemblies, even the Lord, ye that are from the fountain of Israel.'

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 10:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.11/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
מְק֣וֹר חַ֭יִּים פִּ֣י צַדִּ֑יק וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יְכַסֶּ֥ה חָמָֽס׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.fountain of.life \[the\].mouth of.a.righteous.\[person\] and.\[the\] mouth of.wicked.\[people\] it.conceals violence

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [מָקוֹם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4725.md)
- next →: [מִקָּח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4727.md)
- ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-8.md)