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title: מְרוּצָה — running · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרוּצָה (4794), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: running. BDB 1906: n.f. running course. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרוּצָה

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«מְרוּצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **running** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4794 · **BDB:** מְרוּצָה²

### Glosses

the.running (2); \[of.life\] (1); their.own (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

running [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4794/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. running course [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4794/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. running. 2. course (of life):— running, mode, style, of running, cstr. מְרוּצַת 2 S 18:27, מְרֻצַת v 27. course (of life), sf. מְרוּצָתָם Je 8:6 (Qr; \> Kt pl. מרצותם), 23:10.—ii. מְרוּצָה Je 22:17 v. sub רצץ.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרוּצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4794/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 23:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.10/)

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כִּ֤י מְנָֽאֲפִים֙ מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֤י אָלָה֙ אָבְלָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ יָבְשׁ֖וּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וַתְּהִ֤י מְרֽוּצָתָם֙ רָעָ֔ה וּגְבוּרָתָ֖ם לֹא־כֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) adulterers it.is.full the land (dm) because of a.curse it.has.dried.up the land they.have.become.dry \[the\].pastures of.\[the\].wilderness and it.has.become \[of.life\] their.course evil and strength their \[is\].not right

*JPS 1917:* For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth, the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

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[2 Samuel 18:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.27/)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַצֹּפֶ֔ה אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ אֶת־מְרוּצַ֣ת הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּמְרֻצַ֖ת אֲחִימַ֣עַץ בֶּן־צָד֑וֹק וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אִֽישׁ־ט֣וֹב זֶ֔ה וְאֶל־בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה יָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the watchman I \[am\].seeing (et) the.running of the.first.\[one\] like the.running of.Ahimaaz the.son of.Zadok and he.said the king \[is\].a.man good this and with news good he.is.coming

*JPS 1917:* And the watchman said: 'I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.' And the king said: 'He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.'

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