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title: מַרְצֶפֶת — pavement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְצֶפֶת (4837), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: pavement. BDB 1906: n.f. id. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְצֶפֶת

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«מַרְצֶפֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pavement** — 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:** 4837 · **BDB:** מַרְצֶ֫פֶת²

### Glosses

a.pavement (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pavement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4837/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4837/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—cstr. מ׳ אֲבָנִים 2 K 16:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «מַרְצֶפֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4837/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 16:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.16.17/)

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וַיְקַצֵּץ֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז אֶת־הַמִּסְגְּר֣וֹת הַמְּכֹנ֗וֹת וַיָּ֤סַר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־הַכִּיֹּ֔ר וְאֶת־הַיָּ֣ם הוֹרִ֔ד מֵעַ֛ל הַבָּקָ֥ר הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וַיִּתֵּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ עַ֖ל מַרְצֶ֥פֶת אֲבָנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.cut.off the king Ahaz (et) the rims the stands and he.removed from on them (et) the laver and (et) the sea he.took.down from on the ox\[en\] the bronze which \[were\].under it and he.put it on a.pavement of.stone(s)

*JPS 1917:* And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone.

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