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title: אַלְמֻגִּים — almug · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַלְמֻגִּים (484), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: almug. BDB 1906: pl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַלְמֻגִּים

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«אַלְמֻגִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **almug** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 484 · **BDB:** אַלְמֻגִּים

### Glosses

of.almug(s) (2); the.almug(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

almug [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/484/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/484/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]pl. id. עֲצֵי אַלְמֻגִּים 1 K 10:11, 12 (fr. Ophir); ע׳ הָא׳ 1 K 10:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «אַלְמֻגִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/484/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 10:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.10.11/)

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וְגַם֙ אֳנִ֣י חִירָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־נָשָׂ֥א זָהָ֖ב מֵאוֹפִ֑יר הֵבִ֨יא מֵאֹפִ֜יר עֲצֵ֧י אַלְמֻגִּ֛ים הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹ֖ד וְאֶ֥בֶן יְקָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and also the.ship\[s\] of.Hiram which it.carried gold from Ophir it.brought from Ophir wood(s) of.almug(s) much very and stone\[s\] precious

*JPS 1917:* And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of sandal-wood and precious stones.

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[1 Kings 10:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.10.12/)

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וַיַּ֣עַשׂ הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ אֶת־עֲצֵ֨י הָאַלְמֻגִּ֜ים מִסְעָ֤ד לְבֵית־יְהוָה֙ וּלְבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְכִנֹּר֥וֹת וּנְבָלִ֖ים לַשָּׁרִ֑ים לֹ֣א בָֽא־כֵ֞ן עֲצֵ֤י אַלְמֻגִּים֙ וְלֹ֣א נִרְאָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.made the king (et) the.wood(s) of the.almug(s) support\[s\] for the.house of.Yahweh and for the.house of the.king and harps and lyres for the singers not it.has.come thus wood(s) of.almug(s) and not it.has.been.seen until the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* And the king made of the sandal-wood pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers; there came no such sandal-wood, nor was seen, unto this day.

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