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title: מִקְשֶׁה — turner’s work · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְשֶׁה (4748), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: turner’s work. BDB 1906: work. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְשֶׁה

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«מִקְשֶׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turner’s work** — 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:** 4748 · **BDB:** מִקְשֶׁה

### Glosses

well-set.hair (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turner’s work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4748/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4748/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] an artistic hair arrangement;? turner’s work, Is 3:24, so most.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְשֶׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4748/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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וְהָיָה֩ תַ֨חַת בֹּ֜שֶׂם מַ֣ק יִֽהְיֶ֗ה וְתַ֨חַת חֲגוֹרָ֤ה נִקְפָּה֙ וְתַ֨חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה מִקְשֶׁה֙ קָרְחָ֔ה וְתַ֥חַת פְּתִיגִ֖יל מַחֲגֹ֣רֶת שָׂ֑ק כִּי־תַ֖חַת יֹֽפִי׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be in.place.of perfume rottenness it.will.be and in.place.of a.belt a.rope and in.place.of a.work well-set.hair baldness and in.place.of a.robe a.girding of.sackcloth branding in.place.of beauty

*JPS 1917:* And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle rags; and instead of curled hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.

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