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title: מַרְצֵעַ — boring-instrument · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְצֵעַ (4836), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: boring-instrument. BDB 1906: boring-instrument, awl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְצֵעַ

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«מַרְצֵעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **boring-instrument** — 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:** 4836 · **BDB:** מַרְצֵעַ²

### Glosses

awl (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

boring-instrument [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4836/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

boring-instrument, awl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4836/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] boring-instrument, awl;—abs. מ׳ Ex 21:6 (E), Dt 15:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְצֵעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4836/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 15:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.17/)

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וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־הַמַּרְצֵ֗עַ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה בְאָזְנוֹ֙ וּבַדֶּ֔לֶת וְהָיָ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֶ֣בֶד עוֹלָ֑ם וְאַ֥ף לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ תַּעֲשֶׂה־כֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take (et) the awl and you.will.put.\[it\] in ear his and in the door and he.will.be to you a.slave of.perpetuity and also to maidservant your you.will.do thus

*JPS 1917:* then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise.

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[Exodus 21:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.6/)

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וְהִגִּישׁ֤וֹ אֲדֹנָיו֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְהִגִּישׁוֹ֙ אֶל־הַדֶּ֔לֶת א֖וֹ אֶל־הַמְּזוּזָ֑ה וְרָצַ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֤יו אֶת־אָזְנוֹ֙ בַּמַּרְצֵ֔עַ וַעֲבָד֖וֹ לְעֹלָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and he will.bring.him.near master(s) his to (the) God and he will.bring.him.near to the door or to the doorpost and he.will.pierce master(s) his (et) ear his with the awl and he will.serve.him forever of.perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

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