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title: מִקְטָר — place of sacrificial smoke · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְטָר (4729), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: place of sacrificial smoke. BDB 1906: n.m. place of sacrificial smoke. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְטָר

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«מִקְטָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place of sacrificial smoke** — 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:** 4729 · **BDB:** מַקְטֵר²

### Glosses

a.place.of.smoke (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place of sacrificial smoke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4729/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. place of sacrificial smoke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4729/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. place of sacrificial smoke;—cstr. מִזְבֵּחַ֭ מִקְטַר קְטֹרֶת Ex 30:1 altar, place of offering incense (SS Kau Buhl13 al. n. act. burning).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְטָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4729/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 30:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.1/)

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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מִזְבֵּ֖חַ מִקְטַ֣ר קְטֹ֑רֶת עֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make an.altar a.place.of.smoke of.incense wood(s) of.acacia you.will.make it

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia-wood shalt thou make it.

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