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title: מִשְׁנֶה — double · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁנֶה (4932), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 35 times: double. BDB 1906: double, copy, second. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁנֶה

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«מִשְׁנֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **double** — 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:** 35 times · **Key:** 4932 · **BDB:** מִשְׁנֶה²

### Glosses

double (9); second (6); district (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

double [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4932/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

double, copy, second [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4932/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] double, copy, second;—abs. מ׳ Gn 41:43 +; cstr. מִשְׁנֵה Je 16:18 + 3 times, so read also Dt 15:18 (van d. H., \> -נֶה Gi), Je 17:18 (Gie Buhl al.); sf. מִשְׁנֵהוּ 1 S 8:2 +; pl. מִשְׁנִים 1 Ch 15:18 (1 S 15:9; Ezr 1:10. v. infr.);— (the) double: כֶּסֶף מ׳ Gn 43:12 (J) money of double amount, cf. מ׳ כֶּסֶף v 15 (J), a double amount (in) money (Ges§ 131q); לֶחֶם מ׳ Ex 16:22 (P); מ׳ עַל אֲשֶׁר וגו׳ v 5 (P) the double above what they gathered daily; מִשְׁנֵה שְׂכַר שָׂכִיר Dt 15:18 (v. Dr); מ׳ עֲוֹנָם Je 16:18 the double of their guilt, 17:18 (v. supr.); a double portion Is 61:7(×2); Zc 9:12; Jb 42:10. written copy of law Dt 17:18; Jos 8:32 (D). second in order: second rank, מִרְכֶּבֶת הַמּ׳ Gn 41:43 (J), רֶכֶב הַמּ׳ 2 Ch 35:24; of pers. one second in rank, priest next to high-priest, (הַ)מ׳ 2 K 23:4; 25:18 = Je 52:24; אֶהְיֶה־לְּךָ לְמ׳ 1 S 23:17, מִשְׁנֵה הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Ch 28:7, מ׳ לַמֶּלֶךְ Est 10:3; 1 Ch 15:18; 16:5; 2 Ch 31:12; מ׳ מֵאֶחָיו Ne 11:17.—1 S 15:9 read (cf. 𝔖 𝔗) הַמַּשְׁמַנִּים (Ne 8:10) Th, הַשְּׁמַנִּים or הַשְּׁמֵנִים We Dr Bu, etc. (Ez 34:16); מִשׁ׳ Ezr 1:10 is appar. corruption of a numeral. second in age, 1 S 8:2; 17:13; 2 S 3:3; 1 Ch 5:12. second quarter, district, of city, הַמִּשְׁנֶה 2 K 22:14 = 2 Ch 34:22, Zp 1:10, cf. הָעִיר מִשְׁנֶה Ne 11:9 over the city, viz. the second quarter.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁנֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4932/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.1.10/)

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כְּפוֹרֵ֤י זָהָב֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֔ים כְּפ֤וֹרֵי כֶ֙סֶף֙ מִשְׁנִ֔ים אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וַעֲשָׂרָ֑ה כֵּלִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אָֽלֶף׃ס

*Word for word:* bowls of.gold thirty bowls of.silver second.order four hundred(s) and ten vessels other one.thousand

*JPS 1917:* thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

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[1 Chronicles 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.12/)

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יוֹאֵ֣ל הָרֹ֔אשׁ וְשָׁפָ֖ם הַמִּשְׁנֶ֑ה וְיַעְנַ֥י וְשָׁפָ֖ט בַּבָּשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* Joel the chief and Shapham the second and Janai and Shaphat \[were\].in (the) Bashan

*JPS 1917:* Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan;

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