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title: מַרְאָה — vision · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְאָה (4759), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: vision. BDB 1906: n.f. vision. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְאָה

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«מַרְאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vision** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 4759 · **BDB:** מַרְאָה

### Glosses

vision (6); visions (4); the.visions (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4759/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. vision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4759/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. vision, as means of revelation: מ׳ abs. Nu 12:6 (E), 1 S 3:15; Dn 10:16, as acc. cogn. v 7(×2), 8; appar. pl. abs. מַרְאוֹת Ez 43:3, but read מַרְאֵה הָרֶכֶב 𝔊 Co Berthol Siegf Krae, or del. Toy Krae (as altern.); cstr. מַרְאוֹת הַלַּיְלָה Gn 46:2 (E), מַרְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים Ez 1:1; 8:3; 40:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4759/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 46:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.46.2/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּמַרְאֹ֣ת הַלַּ֔יְלָה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֣ב ׀ יַעֲקֹ֑ב וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said God to Israel in the.visions of the.night and he.said O.Jacob Jacob and he.said here I.\[am\]

*JPS 1917:* And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said: 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said: 'Here am I.'

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[Numbers 12:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.12.6/)

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וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֣א דְבָרָ֑י אִם־יִֽהְיֶה֙ נְבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם יְהוָ֗ה בַּמַּרְאָה֙ אֵלָ֣יו אֶתְוַדָּ֔ע בַּחֲל֖וֹם אֲדַבֶּר־בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said hear please words my if he.is prophet your Yahweh by (the) vision to him I.make.myself.known by a.dream I.speak with him

*JPS 1917:* And He said: 'Hear now My words: if there be a prophet among you, I the LORD do make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a dream.

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