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title: מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת — place at the head · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת (4763), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: place at the head. BDB 1906: pl. denom. place at the head, head-place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת

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«מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place at the head** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 4763 · **BDB:** מְרַאֲשׁוֹת²

### Glosses

of.his.head (3); place.of.his.head (3); of.its.head (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place at the head [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4763/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. denom. place at the head, head-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4763/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\]pl. denom. place at the head, head-place;—only sf. מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו as adv. at his head-place (of one lying down) Gn 28:11, 18 (E), 1 S 19:13, 16; 1 K 19:6; so Qr 1 S 26:7, 11, 16 (Kt מראשׁתו); in v 12 read מִמְּרַאֲשֹׁתָיו 𝔊 We Dr HPS, for MT מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי שָׁאוּל; מַרְאֲשׁוֹתֵיכֶם Je 13:18 (head-tires AVm RV), read מֵרָאשֵׁיכֶם, from your heads, 𝔅 𝔖 𝔙 Gie Buhl CoHpt (cf., already, Thes).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4763/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 19:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.19.16/)

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וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַתְּרָפִ֖ים אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֑ה וּכְבִ֥יר הָעִזִּ֖ים מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and they.came the messengers and there! the teraphim \[was\].to the bed and the.quilt of.(the) goat.hair(s) place.of.its.head \[was\].the

*JPS 1917:* And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof.

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[Jeremiah 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.18/)

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אֱמֹ֥ר לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְלַגְּבִירָ֖ה הַשְׁפִּ֣ילוּ שֵׁ֑בוּ כִּ֤י יָרַד֙ מַרְאֲשׁ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* say to the king and to the queen-mother make.low sit (dm) it.has.come.down of.your.head the.place the.crown your.splendor your

*JPS 1917:* Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother: 'Sit ye down low; for your headtires are come down, even your beautiful crown.'

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