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title: מִרְקַחַת — ointment-mixture · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִרְקַחַת (4842), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: ointment-mixture. BDB 1906: n.f. ointment-mixture ointment-pot. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִרְקַחַת

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«מִרְקַחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ointment-mixture** — 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:** 4842 · **BDB:** מִרְקַ֫חַת

### Glosses

ointment.mixture (2); of.an.ointment.mixture (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ointment-mixture [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4842/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ointment-mixture ointment-pot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4842/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. ointment-mixture. 2. ointment-pot (?);— abs. רֹקְחֵי הַמּ׳ 1 Ch 9:30; רֹקַח מ׳ Ex 30:25. בְּמ׳ 2 Ch 16:14 in an ointment-pot (?), or as an ointment-mixture.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «מִרְקַחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4842/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 9:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.30/)

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וּמִן־בְּנֵי֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים רֹקְחֵ֥י הַמִּרְקַ֖חַת לַבְּשָׂמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and some.of the.sons of the.priests \[were.those.who\].mixed (of).the ointment.mixture of the spices

*JPS 1917:* And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.

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[Exodus 30:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.25/)

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וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ אֹת֗וֹ שֶׁ֚מֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹ֔דֶשׁ רֹ֥קַח מִרְקַ֖חַת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֑חַ שֶׁ֥מֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make it oil of.anointing of.holiness ointment of.an.ointment.mixture \[the\].work of.a.perfumer oil of.anointing of.holiness it.will.be

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

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