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title: מִקְלָט — refuge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְלָט (4733), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: refuge. BDB 1906: refuge, asylum. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְלָט

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«מִקְלָט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **refuge** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 4733 · **BDB:** מִקְלָט²

### Glosses

refuge (7); his.refuge (5); of.(the).refuge (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

refuge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4733/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

refuge, asylum [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4733/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] refuge, asylum (P Ch);—עָרֵי מ׳ asylum-cities Nu 35:11, 13, 14, עָרֵי הַמּ׳ Nu 35:6; Jos 20:2, so 1 Ch 6:42, 52 (but read עִיר הַמּ׳, according to ‖ Jos 21:13, 21, so Be Kau Kit), לְמ׳ (after הָיָה) Nu 35:12, 15; Jos 20:3; cstr. in phr. עִיר מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ Jos 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 38 (Gi; v 36 van d. H. Baer); sf. of refugee, עִיר מִקְלָטוֹ Nu 35:25, 26, 27, 28, 32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 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 «מִקְלָט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4733/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 35:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.13/)

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וְהֶעָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתֵּ֑נוּ שֵׁשׁ־עָרֵ֥י מִקְלָ֖ט תִּהְיֶ֥ינָה לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the cities which you.will.give six cities of.refuge they.will.be for you

*JPS 1917:* And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.

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[Numbers 35:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.26/)

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וְאִם־יָצֹ֥א יֵצֵ֖א הָרֹצֵ֑חַ אֶת־גְּבוּל֙ עִ֣יר מִקְלָט֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָנ֖וּס שָֽׁמָּה׃

*Word for word:* and if ever.(go.out) he.will.go.out the killer (et) the.border of.the.city his.refuge his where he.will.flee to (to)

*JPS 1917:* But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;

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