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title: נְקָרָה — hole · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְקָרָה (5366), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hole. BDB 1906: n.f. hole, crevice. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְקָרָה

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«נְקָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hole** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5366 · **BDB:** נְקָרָה

### Glosses

the.cleft (1); the.clefts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hole [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5366/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hole, crevice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5366/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hole, crevice;—cstr. נִקְרַת הַצּוּר Ex 33:22; pl. cstr. נִקְרוֹת הַצֻּרִים Is 2:21 (‖ סְעִפֵי הַסְּלָעִים).

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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, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְקָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5366/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 33:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.33.22/)

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וְהָיָה֙ בַּעֲבֹ֣ר כְּבֹדִ֔י וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךָ בְּנִקְרַ֣ת הַצּ֑וּר וְשַׂכֹּתִ֥י כַפִּ֛י עָלֶ֖יךָ עַד־עָבְרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be when passes.by glory my and I will.put.you in the.cleft of the.rock and I.will.hold palm my over you until I have.passed.by

*JPS 1917:* And it shall come to pass, while My glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with My hand until I have passed by.

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[Isaiah 2:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.2.21/)

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לָבוֹא֙ בְּנִקְר֣וֹת הַצֻּרִ֔ים וּבִסְעִפֵ֖י הַסְּלָעִ֑ים מִפְּנֵ֞י פַּ֤חַד יְהוָה֙ וּמֵהֲדַ֣ר גְּאוֹנ֔וֹ בְּקוּמ֖וֹ לַעֲרֹ֥ץ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* to go in the.clefts of the.rocks and in the.clefts of the.cliffs from before the.dread of.Yahweh and from the.splendor his.majesty his when arises he to terrify the earth

*JPS 1917:* To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crevices of the crags, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of His majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

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