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title: מַרְבֵּץ — reclining place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְבֵּץ (4769), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: reclining place. BDB 1906: id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְבֵּץ

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«מַרְבֵּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reclining place** — 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:** 4769 · **BDB:** מַרְבֵּץ²

### Glosses

a.resting.place (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reclining place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4769/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4769/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]id.;—of wild beasts, מ׳ לַחַיָּה Zp 2:15 (sign of desolation, ‖ שַׁמָּה); of flock, cstr. מִרְבַּץ־צֹאן Ez 25:5 (‖ נְוֵה גְמַלִּים).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְבֵּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4769/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 25:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.25.5/)

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וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־רַבָּה֙ לִנְוֵ֣ה גְמַלִּ֔ים וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹן לְמִרְבַּץ־צֹ֑אן וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.will.make (et) Rabbah into a.pasture of.camels and (et) the.people of.Ammon into a.resting.place of.flock\[s\] and you.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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[Zephaniah 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.15/)

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זֹ֞֠אתהָעִ֤יר הָעַלִּיזָה֙ הַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָבֶ֔טַח הָאֹֽמְרָה֙ בִּלְבָבָ֔הּ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֣י ע֑וֹד אֵ֣יךְ ׀ הָיְתָ֣ה לְשַׁמָּ֗ה מַרְבֵּץ֙ לַֽחַיָּ֔ה כֹּ֚ל עוֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ יִשְׁרֹ֖ק יָנִ֥יעַ יָדֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the city (the) exultant \[which\] dwelt to security \[which\] said in heart its I and only I \[am\].yet how! it.has.become (into).a waste a.resting.place for (the) animal\[s\] every \[one.who\].passes.by at it he.will.hiss he.will.shake hand his

*JPS 1917:* This is the joyous city that dwelt without care, that said in her heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me'; how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

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