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title: מַרְגּוֹעַ — rest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְגּוֹעַ (4771), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: rest. BDB 1906: rest. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְגּוֹעַ

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«מַרְגּוֹעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rest** — 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:** 4771 · **BDB:** מַרְגּוֹעַ²

### Glosses

rest (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4771/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

rest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4771/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] rest (poet.), Je 6:16 וּמִצְאוּ מ׳ לְנַפְשְׁכֶם.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְגּוֹעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4771/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.16/)

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כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֡ה עִמְדוּ֩ עַל־דְּרָכִ֨ים וּרְא֜וּ וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ ׀ לִנְתִב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֗ם אֵי־זֶ֨ה דֶ֤רֶךְ הַטּוֹב֙ וּלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ וּמִצְא֥וּ מַרְגּ֖וֹעַ לְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹ֥א נֵלֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh stand at \[the\].roads and look and ask of paths of.ancient.time where? this \[is.the\].way (the) good and walk in it and find rest for self your and they.said not we.will.walk

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD: Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said: 'We will not walk therein.'

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