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title: אֲבָקָה — powders · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבָקָה (81), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: powders. BDB 1906: n.f. powders. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבָקָה

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«אֲבָקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **powders** — 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:** 81 · **BDB:** אֲבָקָה

### Glosses

\[the\].scent-powder (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

powders [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/81/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. powders [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/81/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. prob. coll., cstr. אַבְקַת רוֹכֵל Ct 3:6 powders of merchant = scent-powders. (On formation cf. LagBN 81.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «אֲבָקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/81/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.3.6/)

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מִ֣י זֹ֗את עֹלָה֙ מִן־הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר כְּתִֽימֲר֖וֹת עָשָׁ֑ן מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶת מוֹר֙ וּלְבוֹנָ֔ה מִכֹּ֖ל אַבְקַ֥ת רוֹכֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* who? this \[is\].coming.up from the wilderness like columns of.smoke \[she.is\].perfumed of.myrrh and frankincense from all \[the\].scent-powder of.a.trader

*JPS 1917:* Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

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