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title: מְקֵרָה — coolness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְקֵרָה (4747), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: coolness. BDB 1906: n.f. coolness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְקֵרָה

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«מְקֵרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **coolness** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4747 · **BDB:** מְקֵרָה²

### Glosses

coolness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

coolness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4747/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. coolness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4747/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. coolness;—abs. מ׳ of chamber: עֲלִיַּת הַמּ׳ Ju 3:20 = חֲדַר הַמּ׳ v 24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «מְקֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4747/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 3:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.24/)

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וְה֤וּא יָצָא֙ וַעֲבָדָ֣יו בָּ֔אוּ וַיִּרְא֕וּ וְהִנֵּ֛ה דַּלְת֥וֹת הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה נְעֻל֑וֹת וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אַ֣ךְ מֵסִ֥יךְ ה֛וּא אֶת־רַגְלָ֖יו בַּחֲדַ֥ר הַמְּקֵרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he he.went.forth and servants his they.came and they.saw and there! the.doors of the.roof.chamber \[were\].locked and they.said surely \[is\].covering he (et) feet his in the.chamber of.(the) coolness

*JPS 1917:* Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked; and they said: 'Surely he is covering his feet in the cabinet of the cool chamber.'

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[Judges 3:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.20/)

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וְאֵה֣וּד ׀ בָּ֣א אֵלָ֗יו וְהֽוּא־יֹ֠שֵׁב בַּעֲלִיַּ֨ת הַמְּקֵרָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ לְבַדּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵה֔וּד דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִ֥ים לִ֖י אֵלֶ֑יךָ וַיָּ֖קָם מֵעַ֥ל הַכִּסֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and Ehud he.came to him and he \[was\].sitting in the.roof.chamber of.(the) coolness which \[belonged\].to him him alone and he.said Ehud a.word of.God \[belongs\].to me to you and he.rose from on the throne

*JPS 1917:* And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in his cool upper chamber. And Ehud said: 'I have a message from God unto thee.' And he arose out of his seat.

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