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title: מִרְמָס — trampling-place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִרְמָס (4823), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: trampling-place. BDB 1906: trampling-place, trampling trampling-place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִרְמָס

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«מִרְמָס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trampling-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:** 7 times · **Key:** 4823 · **BDB:** מִרְמָס

### Glosses

trampling.place (4); a.trampling.place (2); the.trampling.place (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trampling-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4823/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

trampling-place, trampling trampling-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4823/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] trampling-place, trampling;—abs. מ׳ Mi 7:10 +, מִרְמַס (Köii. 1, 96) Is 10:6; cstr. מִרְמַס 7:25 Ez 34:19;— trampling-place, מ׳ שֶׂה Is 7:25 (‖ מִשְׁלַח), מ׳ רַגְלֵיכֶם Ez 34:19 (fig.). trampling, וְהָיָה לְמ׳ Is 5:5 it shall become a trampling, be trampled down, so Mi 7:10; Is 28:18 והייתם לו למרמס, cf. 10:6; Dn 8:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִרְמָס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4823/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 34:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.19/)

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וְצֹאנִ֑י מִרְמַ֤ס רַגְלֵיכֶם֙ תִּרְעֶ֔ינָה וּמִרְפַּ֥שׂ רַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם תִּשְׁתֶּֽינָה׃ס

*Word for word:* and flock my the.trampling.place your.feet your they.will.graze and the.befouled.thing your.feet your they.will.drink

*JPS 1917:* And as for My sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

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[Isaiah 28:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.18/)

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וְכֻפַּ֤ר בְּרִֽיתְכֶם֙ אֶת־מָ֔וֶת וְחָזוּתְכֶ֥ם אֶת־שְׁא֖וֹל לֹ֣א תָק֑וּם שׁ֤וֹט שׁוֹטֵף֙ כִּ֣י יַֽעֲבֹ֔ר וִהְיִ֥יתֶם ל֖וֹ לְמִרְמָֽס׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.annulled covenant your with death and agreement your with Sheol not it.will.stand a.scourge overflowing (dm) it.will.pass.by and you.will.become for it (into).a trampling.place

*JPS 1917:* And your covenant with death shall be disannulled and your agreement with the nether-world shall not stand; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it,

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