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title: מִקְלַעַת — carving · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְלַעַת (4734), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: carving. BDB 1906: n.f. carving. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְלַעַת

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«מִקְלַעַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **carving** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4734 · **BDB:** מִקְלַ֫עַת²

### Glosses

carvings (2); \[was\].carving (1); of.carvings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

carving [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4734/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. carving [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4734/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. carving;—cstr. מ׳ 1 K 6:18; pl. abs. מִקְלָעוֹת 7:31; cstr. מִקְלְעוֹת (after קַלָע) 6:29, 32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «מִקְלַעַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4734/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.18/)

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וְאֶ֤רֶז אֶל־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ פְּנִ֔ימָה מִקְלַ֣עַת פְּקָעִ֔ים וּפְטוּרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים הַכֹּ֣ל אֶ֔רֶז אֵ֥ין אֶ֖בֶן נִרְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and cedar to the house within \[was\].carving of.gourds and spread.out.\[things\] of.blossoms (the) everything \[was\].cedar there.\[was\].not stone visible

*JPS 1917:* And the cedar on the house within was carved with knops and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

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[1 Kings 6:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.29/)

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וְאֵת֩ כָּל־קִיר֨וֹת הַבַּ֜יִת מֵסַ֣ב ׀ קָלַ֗ע פִּתּוּחֵי֙ מִקְלְעוֹת֙ כְּרוּבִ֣ים וְתִֽמֹרֹ֔ת וּפְטוּרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים מִלִּפְנִ֖ים וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all the.walls of the.house round.about he.carved engravings of.carvings of.cherubim and palm.trees and spread.out.\[things\] of.blossoms from to faces and to the outer

*JPS 1917:* And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without.

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