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title: מַתְבֵּן — straw-heap · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַתְבֵּן (4963), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: straw-heap. BDB 1906: straw-heap. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַתְבֵּן

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«מַתְבֵּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **straw-heap** — 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:** 4963 · **BDB:** מַתְבֵּן²

### Glosses

a.heap.of.straw (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

straw-heap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4963/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

straw-heap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4963/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] straw-heap;—מ׳ Is 25:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «מַתְבֵּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4963/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 25:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.25.10/)

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כִּֽי־תָנ֥וּחַ יַד־יְהוָ֖ה בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְנָ֤דוֹשׁ מוֹאָב֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו כְּהִדּ֥וּשׁ מַתְבֵּ֖ן בְּמ֥וֹ מַדְמֵנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) it.will.rest the.hand of.Yahweh on the mountain (the) this and it.will.be.trampled.down Moab in its.place as is.trampled.down a.heap.of.straw in a.dung.hill

*JPS 1917:* For in this mountain will the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the dunghill.

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